Doug, somewhat OT: "Toyota, Honda, Hyundai Top J.D. Power Quality Survey" is the head line of a WSJ story today.
Remember when Hyundai was poor quality? Well, they improved - a lot. I have a 2 year old Elantra and all the maintenance I've done is oil changes. Best car I've ever had.
emachines also used to be pooh-pooh'd, but from what I can see they're as good as the big names - maybe better. Certainly cheaper.
PS: a neighbor bought a Dell desktop and already had to reinstall the OS after one week. Then it failed again and now Dell is sending him a new machine.