"Dude, you're getting a Smell!"

So in one of the bigger impulse purchases I've ever made, I bought a Dell tonight. What with the new job, new income, and most importantly, the tax-free weekend, I just gave in something fierce.

Dell Inspiron 531:
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 4400+
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
48X CD-RW/ DVD Combo Drive
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT-DDR3
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio

I looked at Lenovo, but even with my Dad's discount, it was cheaper for me to go with Dell for comparable builds. So what if it's a Dell, and so what if it has Vista on it? In the end, it was cheaper than me building one, even though I really wanted to do.

And this way the old Aptiva is going to become a Linux "p0w3rh4us." Which I'm really going to enjoy playing around with. The next decision seems to be: which flavor of Linux should I go with?