Whats your purpose for upgrading? I think its pointless to spend that much money on something that you're going to do that little with.
Just use XP Pro on your current machine.
[quote name='Maklershed']What do you guys think of the following computer for $649. Keep in mind I mostly use my computer for burning/ripping/media entertainment (no gaming really)
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=bddwbbm&s=bsd
PROCESSOR AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 3600+
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Basic
MEMORY 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs
HARD DRIVE 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache
OPTICAL DRIVE Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW
MONITOR 20 inch E207WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA Geforce 7300LE TurboCache
SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
SPEAKERS No speakers
KEYBOARD Dell USB Keyboard
MOUSE Dell Optical USB Mouse
EDIT: Rumors have it you can get a Vista Premium upgrade for $29[/quote]