i purchased a alienware MJ-12 7500i workstation...these are the specs i got.
Pentium D 3.0 ghz
2 gig mem (2x1gig sticks)
Dual dvi out nvidia 128 mb vid card (forgot model)
1x160 gb systems drive
320 gb raid 0 storage drive (2x160gb)
dual layer dvd burner and seperate dvd rom
XP pro with SP2
and i think that was about it. it was the most i could get for my money besides mom and pop stores and making it myself. i will be running avid express pro on this machine and only going on the net for updates. i have a 300 dollar emachine for the net. lol
sorry guys, i do not mean to brag...i am just super excited to have finally made a decision. i have been researching for while. its probably not too late to make a modification or two, so comments are welcome.