You only need to spend half that. Get a celeron Processor unless you are planning an playing the very latest in PC cames with high speed graphics. Pentium is a bunch of crap. Makes no diff at all. Dont worry about a big screen or burner. One inch for $600 big deal, Burner you will probably never use. Get a DVD player for sure. You should only spend about $2200 on a new Toshiba. If you want to play games get a playstation. I wouldnt worry about Extended warranty as its a pile of crap. I would get 256Mb Ram. All laptops will work at the same speed over the net. Get what you want but 2 grand is a big slab of cash. Invest that money in your favorite stock or Holiday. Just letting you know that P4 or Cel makes no diff at all. Ram is more important.