New Sony Vaio desktops.

Saw one of these in CostCo today for 1200 of Her Majesty's finest



It looked the dogs swingers.  Never been so tempted to hammer a credit card so much.


Hardware
Action Buttons: Standby, S1, S2, S3, Volume, Muting, Wireless On/Off
 
Camera: Built-in camera and microphone

 
 
Processor
Type: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5500
 
Speed: 1.66GHz
 
Front Side Bus Speed: 667MHz
 
L2 Cache: 2MB

 
 
Memory
Type: DDR2
 
Installed: 2GB (1GBx2) PC2-5300
 
Maximum: 2GB
 
Speed: 667MHz

 
 
Hard Drive
Capacity: 250GB
 
Speed: 7200rpm
 
Interface: Serial ATA

 
 
DVD+R DL Write: 2.4x max.
 
DVD+R Write: 8x max.
 
DVD+RW Write: 4x max.
 
DVD-R Write: 8x max.
 
DVD-RW Write: 4x max.
 
CD-R Write: 24x max.
 
CD-RW Write: 16x max.
 
DVD±RW: Yes (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/DVD-RAM)
 
CD Read: 24x max.
 
DVD Read: 8x max.
 
DVD-RAM Write: 5x max.
 
DVD-R DL Write: 2x max.
 
DVD-RAM Read: 5x max.

 
 
Expansion Slots
Multimedia Card Reader: One PCMCIA - Type II/Type I card slot with CardBus support
 
One ExpressCard™ /54 Slot

 
 
Audio
Sound System: Sony® Sound Reality™ - Audio Enhancer

 
 
Display
Screen Size: 19" WSXGA+
 
Resolution: 1680x1050
 
XBRITE HiColor™ Technology: Yes

 
 
Graphics
Processor: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
 
Video RAM: 224MB Total Available Graphics Memory
 
Chipset: Intel® 945GM

 
 
Inputs and Outputs
Audio In: 1 (Line In)
 
Ethernet Port: 1
 
Headphone Jack: 1
 
i.LINK® Interface: 1 4-pin interface
 
Memory Stick® Media Slot: 1 (Supports
 
optional Memory Stick® and Memory Stick
 
DUO™ media with MagicGate® functionality)
 
Modem Jack: 1
 
Secure Digital Slot: 1
 
Microphone Input: 1
 
USB Port(s): 4 (2.0 compliant)
 
DC-In: 1

 
 
Networking/Modem
Ethernet Protocol: 10Base-T/100Base-TX
 
Modem Type: V.92/V.90 compatible data/fax modem (RJ-11)
 
Wireless LAN: IEEE 802.11b/g

You seem tempered to hammer your credit card on everything! Watch out for the balifs...

Vaio's are disgustingly pretty machines, however I'd advise anyone against them unless you like tinkering around with software/drivers.
Sony's update packs are awfull, always several versions behind current drivers, and generally quite cumbersome - They also insist you send them the laptop to have certain drivers installed and then take their sweet time about it.
My missus has one which she bought before we met, and in the last two years, I've stripped pretty much all the Sony drivers and installed first party ones for the different components - Her gfx card driver was 7 versions behind the current one, and Sony's most up to date offering was 4 versions behind. This was all about a year and a half ago though, and if your not a streamlining, system neatfreak like me then it'll probably be ok.

[edit] Speaking purely as a part time system builder, that spec is quite good, apart from the GFX card - If you plan on doing any gaming/video editing/other graphical stuff, that integrated card will severly hamper you - however for most other stuff (web browsing, office etc), it'll be bang on.