I brought a Dell XPS M1530; 3gb of ram; Vista Premium Home; 8600m GT with 256mb VRAM; Intel core 2 duo; mainly as an allergic reaction against too much macbook... I don't know why; just felt like not buying a macbook... brought 2 years ago and it's served me fine so far; i even hooked it up to my 40" HDTV OK...
but it's getting outdated...