[Domandred]

Awesome thanks all.

Ontap: I’m running out of options. I said the same thing about Compaq and HP, no more ever. I’d like to stay with Dell since far as I know they are still mostly a US Company (at least more so then HP/Compaq).

If not Dell/HP/Compaq then whom and stay US as much as possible.

A desktop computer I’d just build from parts myself, but for a notebook that’s kinda out the window.

[ontap]

My next computer will be an Apple!!

[papasmurf]

The best notebooks you can buy off the shelf...

http://www.sagernotebooks.com

[antiRepublicrat]

I’d like to stay with Dell since far as I know they are still mostly a US Company (at least more so then HP/Compaq).

They're all made in Asia anyway.

It'll be relatively easy to install XP if the Dell support site has XP drivers for your specific machine. It probably does.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

Check out Systemax. You can get their machines at TigerDirect.
Personally, I recommend a Mac, but they use only top of the line hardware, so they cost more money.
But they're way easier to use and come bundled with all the software that you sit at your PC thinking "man, I wish there was an easy way to create a slideshow and burn it to a DVD."
Good luck.