I have no problems with Dell, they make good looking, solid machines, for a decent price. If I didn't build my own, I would buy one
my mom just bought a 8250 w/ p4 2.3 533, 512 ram (not really sure what kind) 40gb 7200 rpm, geforce 4 whatever the lowest one is, burner, dvd etc etc w/ 17" crt, all for around 1100 shipped (they got the 3 year ext warr too)
very nice machine, quiet and does exactly what they want. they have no complaints. I am sure I could have built one cheaper, but I live 4 hrs away and can not provide tech support for them. It is her "business" PC so she has to keep it running
but now that they have a new one, I get to toy around with their old C466
oh, I have a Dell notebook, great notebook! Wife loves it! (it is hers)