Please help i'm in a delima here.

I can't seem to make up my mind. Should i get the dell XPS m1730 or a new macbook pro? which do you think would be the better for me? The things i will be doing is movies,games,web and some school work. Or should i just get a desktop and trick it out if i'm going to spend all this money. what would you do if you where in my shoes.

I'd say build a sweet ass desktop

These are the parts that I recommend.... $350 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Yorkfield 2.66GHz 45nm 12mb L2 cache Processor $350 EVGA nForce 790i Ultra SLI DDR3 ATX Intel Motherboard $250 XFX GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 Video Card $250 XFX GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 Video Card for SLI $190 OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Memory $190 OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Memory $130 Corsair 750w Power Supply $229 CHIMEI 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD $40 Scythe SCINF-1000 120mm CPU Cooler $13 Thermaltake A2018 120mm Blue LED Case Fan $16 Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound $99 Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium _____ $2107 That was fun... I wish I had $2100...-GeordiLaForge-

And SLI is just a total waste for 22" or smaller LCD.

Yes totally agreed that it's foolish to blow all your money away.The market right now is in the way that spending too much on a GPU is not needed and that doesnt mean that you must SLI just becasue top GPU's are going for just $200.

Save your dough for a "near future" upgrade rather than SLI.;)

[QUOTE="-GeordiLaForge-"]These are the parts that I recommend.... $350 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Yorkfield 2.66GHz 45nm 12mb L2 cache Processor $350 EVGA nForce 790i Ultra SLI DDR3 ATX Intel Motherboard $250 XFX GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 Video Card $250 XFX GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 Video Card for SLI $190 OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Memory $190 OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Memory $130 Corsair 750w Power Supply $229 CHIMEI 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD $40 Scythe SCINF-1000 120mm CPU Cooler $13 Thermaltake A2018 120mm Blue LED Case Fan $16 Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound $99 Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium _____ $2107 That was fun... I wish I had $2100...Spybot_9

And SLI is just a total waste for 22" or smaller LCD.