Honestly, I would steer clear of any "brand-name" computer like Compaq etc. Your best bet is to get a clone, definitely without Windows Vista because it sucks and requires quite a powerful machine to run it properly. I would suggest Windows XP, a CPU speed of around 2.4 GHz, and 2 GB of RAM will be ample. As far as a burner goes, I think LG has a decent one out now.

Hope that helps you some

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