with the money that you are going to spend, why dont you just build one. That way you can get experince on how computers work and communicate .For example i got a H.P. box(from a friend,i messed up all the screws from all of the opening the box and closing) with a smelloron opps i mean celoron 733mhz 256meg dual boot win 98se,win 2k, sound blaster live,21 inch flat monitor,yamaha cd-r.Man your mind can go wild. good luck.


But i would go with the sony vaio