While I was in colorado my vintage Dell 5150 kicked the bucket, so instead of a desktop, I ended up getting this Gateway lappy:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc...zlO_kfMfTMBaOQ
So far seems pretty decent. There is a pretty minimal amount of bloatware, all I've removed is MS Works and the Norton security trial. It seems to be set up pretty good if I ever want to use it as a DVR or BluRay rig.