2 weeks ago my Series 1 Dell XPS that I've had for 4.5 years started flaking out on me and since I've gone independent with my work I can't go without one for any length of time.  Otherwise, I don't work.  Dell couldn't get me one soon enough so I was making the dreaded drive to Best Buy to look around.  I called a friend of mine to get some buying advice and he directed me to Micro Center instead.  After looking around quite a bit and calling another friend to verify all the hardware specs on the Ubuntu wiki I decided on a Sony FZ460E/B.

Duel Core 2.1GHz
4GB RAM
250GB SATA HD
Blue-Ray DVD
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
15.4" WXGA (Glossy)

I couldn't be more pleased with the system.  I'm normally not an eye candy type of guy but since its there anyway I couldn't resist playing with all the Compiz stuff given the hardware I have now.  I know there are thousands of these on youtube but I made a video of my desktop using a few of the features I like best.