Gary,
Office Depot had a HP 1GB Ram, 200GB HD, an Athlon 64 processor, a 9in1 reader, a 17" CRT, a printer and the lightscribe CD label technology for $569 week before last. This week they have an identical Compaq for $519.

I think for a Dell that would run in excess of $850, maybe $1000 and I would sitll have to buy an Epson CD label printer.

Am I missing something here? Are Dells really that superior to HP and Compaq? Help me out here.
Decisions, decisions.