well, to tell ya the truth, it really depends on what you want to do with the machine. If you are going to be using it for gaming, and cost is no option, that is way different than a machine built for internet browsing and word processing. the funny thing is, i know machines built for professional word processing that end up costing more than high end gaming machines.
So yeah, or maybe youd want a best-bang-for-the-buck deal. thats what I did with mine. good performance for the price.
so, to quote Micro$oft, "What do you want to do today?"-er, with it. hehe.