Hello!
So, I have some extra money right now, and I'm looking to build a computer.
Currently I have this in a laptop:
Progress Report:
#lshw -short
H/W path Device Class Description
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system U50Vg
/0 bus U50Vg
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6500
/0/4/5 memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/4/7 memory 2MiB L2 cache
/0/6 memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/18 memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/18/0 memory 2GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 800 MHz
/0/18/1 memory 2GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 800 MHz
/0/100 bridge Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Contro
/0/100/1 bridge Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express G
/0/100/1/0 display G98 [GeForce G105M]
/0/100/1a bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1a.1 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1a.2 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1a.7 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Contro
/0/100/1b multimedia 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Control
/0/100/1c bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.1/0 wlan0 network WiFi Link 5100
/0/100/1c.2 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.5 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.5/0 eth0 network AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet
/0/100/1d bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Contro
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge ICH9M LPC Interface Controller
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE Controller
/0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 320GB ST9320320AS
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 146GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 140GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 9538MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/3/5 /dev/sda5 volume 9538MiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 1427MiB Linux swap volume
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD-RAM UJ862AS
/0/100/1f.5 storage ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE Controller
/0/1 scsi4 storage
/0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 465GiB Windows NTFS volume
/1 power U80--28
Its a 15.7" screen, by the way.
I'm looking to upgrade to a desktop + a netbook. I don't use my laptop as a laptop because its too big. I have some money, so I am willing to spend some. I want to keep my budget around $1K CAD if possible, including the selling of my laptop.
I am wondering what this laptop would be worth. It has both Debian Squeeze (KDE) on it and (Genuine) Windows 7.
Firstly, I would like to stick with either www.canadacomputers.com, www.newegg.ca, www.tigerdirect.ca for purchasing of parts. I trust these the most and others kinda scare me. 
Moving on, I would need a netbook. I like Asus and I would like to stick with them, but I am far from against looking else where (I trust Asus
). As for use of the netbook, it would be for taking to class and doing work on the go. Battery life is key here. Keeping the netbook under $400 CAD would be nice. Smaller is better in this respect. I like the following netbooks, suggestions are welcome!
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16834220816
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16834220651
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16834220768
I will be running Linux on the netbook, so if anyone knows where to get a white-box netbook I would love it.
Moving on to the desktop. I use my desktop mainly for casual uses, with the exception of playing some Quake 3 and RuneScape from time to time, I really do not need gaming performance. Having the option later on is not a bad thing though. I will run Linux (Debian KDE as it would currently seem) with a Windows partition as well. Depending where I go hardware wise, I may move into using a Windows VM instead since I use Windows only once a month to update my iPod Touch g2. Here is the build I've come up with, with help from lots of others of course:
Spent: $498.72 + $480.47 = $979.19
To go: $169.48 (SSD.. LATER)
This is my first build, so all opinions are welcome!
Please help me out, I really appreciate it.
Thus far: I'm at ~$800 - (Laptop selling price). This is OK, but I really need to know how much I should even attempt to sell my laptop for. 
E: updated to reflect later changes.
E2: Dropped the SSD, I will get one later 
E3: Changed some things around.. Ordered some parts that have limited time frames for good deals.
E4: Done now.. all is bought, except the SSD.. Waiting on that one until I get some more cash flow.