Well lets see, this is what you get with a Dell or GateWay
1.) Power Supply - up to 420W (peak= inferior, odd size in some instances and cannot be up-dated or replaced)
2.) Motherboard - with locked or crippled Bios, little if any OC ablity.
3.) CPU - adaquate (usually the main selling point, but stuck on stock speeds)
4.)Memory - value select ( bottom of the barrell, most likely the most inadaquate piece in the build.)
5.) Video Card - usaully ok ( can play some but not all games, will stream video, and great for surfing the web)
6.) HardDrive - storage ( whoo hoo, I can have 320 Gigs of clutter I can go thru)
7.) DVD - I've got 2 $30 bucks a piece.
8.)Operating System - Vista (know of at least 5 people who didn't like it and switched to Windows.)
9.) Some Dork - Telling me "Dude You Got A Dell"
Let me know if I left anthing out.