What should a new computer have?

[AceInfinity]

With the budget, I would probably try to grab a computer with the AMD Phenom processors, since they're relatively cheap and work well, from my experience.

64 bit W7 would be nice in this case since you're planning to have 4+ GB of RAM.

That RAM part is true since you don't really notice the benefits of having Windows 7 unless you have at least 4GB of RAM, especially, for a 64bit OS. They recommend a minimum of 2GB I think, Microsoft does anyway, but I would only recommend that for a 32 bit version, for 64bit, 4GB minimum.

[Solidify]

That RAM part is true since you don't really notice the benefits of having Windows 7 unless you have at least 4GB of RAM, especially, for a 64bit OS. They recommend a minimum of 2GB I think, Microsoft does anyway, but I would only recommend that for a 32 bit version, for 64bit, 4GB minimum.

Well this thread was for a friend and he's decided to buy this one.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Lenovo+Ideac...7400050004