[Porterville]

Yes, but was the monitor a LCD??? Good deal anyway. Dell and Gateway appear to be each others only real competition... HP & Compaq are junk in service and deals; completly pschizophrenic in how their company is run. I expect their cpu's to be sold in K-mart before long

[Protagoras]

Yes, but was the monitor a LCD???

No, flat screen not flat panel. And like you said, a good deal anyway. I was all over the net trying to beat the deal, no way. But it's a sale, so you have to watch the ads. Free shipping is a biggie. The printer is nothing special, but for my home use it is more than adequate. And it's a throw in so you lose nothing. The HD was bigger than I'll ever need, but it was a throw in as well as the double memory.

I've bought tons of PCs over the yars for my business and I have found Dell to be by far the most reliable, including custom jobs I had built.