That price range is very wide, I could recommend you a $700 cheapie or an over-the-top $2500 system...
Do you want it to be another laptop, like what you currently have, or would you prefer a desktop?
The minimum specs you have listed will be easy to recommend and even exceed. What country do you live in?
Also, to let you know i will only be using credit card not store credit card (bestbuy,circuit city) so they won't take my credit card if i buy in store (maybe online and if i buy online how long does it take to arrive?)
I also won't be saving videos on internal hd but an external seagate hds (5 year warranty) thats because i don't want to have my internal hd give up on me very quick because by downloading videos on it some of the time.
I also won't be buying a MAC because it doesn't have enough features like windows, don't play many PC games and a lot expensive.
From your comments, Is this the right hardwares for me (i am not purchasing the exact product but similar to it if it meets my requirements):
Motherboard
[AMD] Asus M2NPV-VM
http://www.pugetsyst...o.php?part=3875CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ AM2 DUAL CORE
http://www.pugetsyst...o.php?part=3805Ram
Kingston Value 1GB DDR2-667 (2x512MB)
http://www.pugetsyst...o.php?part=4371Video Card
GigaByte GeForce 7300GS 128MB (256MB shared) QUIET PCI-E
http://www.pugetsyst...o.php?part=3783Sound Card
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio
http://www.pugetsyst...o.php?part=4487CD / DVD Rom
http://www.pugetsyst...o.php?part=4479Accessories
ATI TV Wonder 650 PCI TV Tuner
http://www.pugetsyst...o.php?part=4609Operating System
Windows Vista Home Premium (it has windows media center)
Monitor
Undecided (i won't be watching videos from laptop from faraway but by connecting it to tv) should i get a widescreen or normal?
should i get a tower pc or something like this:
http://www.pugetsyst...o.php?part=3889Keyboard
Microsoft Multimedia Optical Combo (black)
http://www.pugetsyst...o.php?part=1440Mouse
Microsoft Optical Tilt Wheel
http://www.pugetsyst...o.php?part=1654System Price: $1,406.06 (with a monitor)
What must also be included in:
Dial-up modem (if possible build-in not usb connected)
Build-in Fax and Scan without using a fax machine (windowx vista business has it but it doesn't have windows media center so i don't want that)
At least 6 Month warranty
Can play HD dvd download videos
Can you also tell me if I also buy a Remote Control for Windows Media Center will it work only with windows media player or others like zoom player? Thats all i want to know so please help me out!