Please, whatever you do, do NOT buy a Dell. I purchased a Dell Inspiron last December. The first 2 months was ok. Not good, not bad, just average. However, the past 6 months have been miserable. I called their "technical support" department, and was on the phone with them for over 6 hours over the course of 2 days. They could not help at all. They kept blaming my problems on my connection with my internet supplier, even after I told them I had plugged 3 other computers in the same line, and didn't have problems at all with the other 3 (that obviously were not Dell computers). It is to the point where I have to reboot my computer every 10 minutes. Lord help me if I want to have 2 (gasp) tabs open at the same time. Before I take this computer out to the field, and cream it with a bat, I wanted to get this review out there.