Thinking of getting this ---

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/specb/BA19364.html

with Pentium 4, 2.0G, and 1gb DDR333 RAM.

Comments or suggestions for something better at approximately same price?

Yea, get me one, much better.

Check the noise level from it first - some of those small systems have very noisy fans. It doesn't make sense to buy a multimedia system that makes more noise than good sound though...