Quote Originally Posted by YourSurrogateGod
I looked at Dell, but those guys seem to be quite a bit in bed with ATI radeon, I wanted an NVIDIA. I plan to install Linux (gentoo) on my machine at some point, most likely soon and I heard that NVIDIA works with the installation fewest problems. That and from what I've heard, Dell laptops have quite a bit of problems when it comes to quality.

I want to get a Gateway, but I don't know if a 300 W power supply would be sufficient for the below computer. That's what's bugging me for some time.
http://products.gateway.com/products...id=710t&seg=hm
And from what I've heard, if the power source sucks, you're pretty much, uhh... fudged for the long run.

Never had a problem with a dell..ok scratch that, OLDER dells (talking the 90's) motherboards use to go out all the time. Compaq use to fark up all the time and have memory that wasn't compatable...I have seen people buy gateways and have all sorts of problems. Me...I have no problem with dells these days so I would probably buy from them.

You know..you can make your own system cheaper...like I said I'm not a hardware geek, but my buddy use to make systems that smoked for dirt cheap.