Ok, for reference, here's that deal Magnis saw in his newspaper: http://www.1emulation.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11130 The rough estimate of the total came out to around $2100. But that computer also has 4 harddrives and they are quite hardcore so if you remove them that brings the price down by about $400. What's left then would be a good PC nowadays. But I have a feeling that you will get more benefit from a laptop since you might be able to access broadband with it. If you're not going to play all the latest PC games and stuff, it'd really be useless to get a desktop. And you'll be able to play a lot of new stuff with either of those laptops too.