www.hp.com/go/nyt

Not sure if this is a good deal or not, but I'm interested in people's thoughts. After you upgrade the memory ($114 for 512mb non-ecc), video ($126 for quadro4 380xl 64mb), and cpu ($25 for 2.4 w/ HT & 800 fsb) you're up to $914. Then you've got HP's shipping charges and sales tax for another $130 or so.

I know I should build from scratch, but who has the time. Although I wouldn't touch a pavillion, I've been favorably impressed w/ the stability of the corporate level hp (not compaq) products.