Hey bluemax, fellow canuck here. I work at a service department in a local computer store here in NEw Brunswick and I have seen quite a few IPC computers come in. I don't knwo, i just don't get a good feeling about them. If I were going to buy a new computer I would go get one custom built. Get some brand name parts in there. Like a nice asus MNB, I recommend the ASUS CUSL2-C, seems to be one of the best P3 Boards out there. Also take advantage of the dirt cheap RAM out there. My store cells 256 Meg PC-133 for around $80.