Specs? Do you use it for gaming?

If you can't be bothered to build it yourself, go for the Dell. I own a Dell XPS 13 (laptop) and I'm quite happy with it.

go for Dell if you don't want to hassle.

build your own is nice and save you a few bucks, but if you don't know what you are doing, STAY AWAY

CPU and RAM should be on System under Control Panel (or Win7 equivalent). You found it.

GPU should be under your AMD or Nvidia graphics driver if you have one (in the system tray) or otherwise you probably have integrated Intel graphics. Try GPU-Z. Try jefforange's method.

Computer -> Properties -> Windows Experience Index -> View and print detailed system and performance information

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1707/62968572.png - lolnetbook :(

Hit start then type dxdiag and it should give you your specs after you click no to the first pop up.

www.cyberpowerpc.com

That website has the best stuff  and its cheap compared to Dell. No you dont have to put it together either,its put together for you.

I have a Soy Vaio VGN -FW21M I boughtin March. I use it everyday for everything , and I am really pleased with it, even thought it's running on Vista. I don't use it for gaming though, except battlefield heroes. Still, overall, very satisfied, it came pretty cheap considering it has Blu-Ray, 4gig Ram and all. I think from now on, I'll stick to Vaio. In my opinon, you should go for the Vaio.

Thats pretty good, you're lucky that you don't have one of the unreliable Geforces from recent times!

Here you go: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.293283

That, plus a DVD drive and a video card, and you're set... and I'd also grab a Caviar Black HDD in addition to what's in there so that you have a faster one for the OS/applications, and then use that Caviar Green for storage.

Or, if you have a little bit more spare change:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.294213

You might be able to save a few dollars picking everything individually, but those are both, especially in the case of the first one, pretty good deals for what you get.