Actually, all of my PC purchases were done at Microcenter this year, they employ a good mix of geeks that also speak english for normal people. They were asking who is using it, what is the general and potential uses, what price range, then he started showing me the options (It was for my son who is going away to college) He was able to guide me to one that had great functionality with a Pentium 4 Hyper threaded processor, huge memory, free printer, He knew the SUNY system would probably employ a wireless network, so he made sure it was all set to plug and play with a wireless card, within 15 minutes I had the PC and he also was able to get me the rebates that will bring the total cost down to around 800 for the whole thing. This is the second year I've been to Microcenter, and I just love the place.