I have a Dell Inspiron 8200. I liked it except, my dumbass got Windows ME instead of waiting for XP, so I had to install Win 2000 Pro, that voided out my warrenty and it ran shitty from then on out. I now have a Dimension 8300 2.6g P4, DVD+RW, 512 ram all that shit.
Dell is a good product. Haggle them on the phone, the can help you out on the price, I did. REDROCK