[Joe Wicked]

Steve,
I build my own computers. I don't use laptops generally. I have a Netbook that was a gift from work and my work laptop, but I have 2 desktops at home. I tend to go overboard and spend about 1K on building one. The last one was $1200. That one is a Dual memory bus Quad Core PC running at 2.6Ghz. 4GB DDR2 Ram, 320GB SATA hard drive, SATA DVD/CD Burner Drive, 3D Radieon 9150 Video Card, plenty of fans, 450 watt power supply, case, 19" wide screen monitor and I bought Windows Vista 64 bit for it. This computer is way overkill for what it is used for, but it will run smoothly for many years as it is not being taxed in any way.