Here are the specs for the new machine, let me know what you think and anything I should add or remove. BTW, I went with Win7 Ultimate so that I could get the XP virtual machine compatibility mode. Take a look and see if you have any suggestions for things to add, change and/or remove.
Specs:
Studio XPS 9000 Studio XPS 9000
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate, 64bit, English
Studio XPS 9000 Intel® Core™ i7-950 Processor(8MB L3 Cache, 3.06GHz)
Memory 9GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 6 DIMMs
Keyboard Logitech Illuminated Keyboard
Monitor Dell 23 inch SP2309W Widescreen Flat Panel with Webcam
Video Card nVidia GeForce GTS 240 1024MB
Hard Drives 1.5TB Data Security RAID 1(2x1.5TB SATA 7200 RPM HDDs)
Media reader 17-in-1 Media Card Reader
Rear ports IEEE 1394a
RJ45 10/100/1000 Network port
Line-in connector
Front L/R line-out connector
Back L/R surround connector
Side L/R surround connector
Center/subwoofer connector
Microphone connector
USB 2.0 (4)
eSATA
S/PDIF connector
HDMI ports
Front ports USB 2.0 (4)
15-in-1 Card Reader
Headphone port
Microphone / Line-in port
Mouse Logitech Performance Mouse MX - Dell only
Modem No Modem Option
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 Multi-Language
Optical Drives Dual Drives: Blu-ray Disc (BD) Burner (Writes to DVD/CD/BD) and DVD+/-RW
Sound Card Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Speaker Dell AX510PA 10W Attached Speaker for Dell Flat Panel Monitors
Network Dell 1505 WLAN PCIe card with11n mini-Card & external antenna
Office Productivity
Software (Pre-Installed) Microsoft® Office Small Business 2007
Security Software Norton Internet Security™ 2009 Edition 15-months
Entertainment and Editing
Software Adobe® Acrobat® STANDARD 9.0
Entertainment and Editing
Software Adobe® Photoshop® Elements + Adobe® Premiere® Elements
