I picked up this desktop for $550 with a Dell coupon code including a 22" widescreen monitor. The machine has worked flawlessly thus far. The tower itself has convenient access to USB and headphone/speaker jacks on both front and back. One unusual aspect of the design is the CD/DVD drawer seems to require that you physically push it back in (rather than pressing a button). With a small nudge it retracts itself, so it works just fine... I just thought that a little strange. The price above also included 3GB of RAM and an upgraded Intel Core Duo processor, so I'm very happy with the performance. Starting to wish I had included the media card reader and maybe bluetooth support, but otherwise I've got no regrets.
Dell Vostro 200 Desktop Computer is recommended by Aggie2000
I completely agree with you about the CD/DVD drawer! I thought it strange too. When it is open it is virtually impossible to hit the button to close it, you have to nudge it.