I have had this Dell Dimension 2400 for about 6 years. The only thing I had to do to it was to add more memory, and that was extremely easy. Everything I try to do with it, it seems to handle easily. I was told by online friends that Dell was not too reputable, to them, because they had heard horror stories about friends and neighbors losing all of their info. This computer, knock on wood, has never crashed on me.  My son uses it for playing games and chatting, and he hasnt had any problems with it, either. It burns CD's easily, plays games, and pretty much can handle whatever you want it to...