[RickM]

I just bought a Dell for my wife. It's great. For the most part my experience has been positive with their desktop products.

As I recall the P4 package that Dell offers affords you a better motherboard (model specific) with an 800Mhz Front Bus speed, and larger memory capability. Also, the processor on-board cache as mentioned earlier.

I also agree that it depends on what you're using the macchine for as you can go with a server type machine or a standard desktop. Each with there strong/weak points.

Bottom line is that the little extra that it costs the P4 is worthwhile.

BTW, I purchased the machine from Great place to catch discounts.