Just depends on what you want. If you're just looking for something to surf the net with and use a word processing program on, you can just buy a little Dell and that will really be all that you need... I think that you can get them for something like.. $300 after the rebate? But if you want something for gaming, your best bet is to build your PC or have a friend build you one. Like I got a computer that would've been something like $2000 dollars if I had gotten it from a store, but it was only $800 for me (not including the monitor or speakers) and it can run every game out there.

So, it all depends on what you are looking for.