hardware advice for a PC moron

[Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com>]

i've never owned a PC or a windoze system (except virtual PC), 
so i am a particular moron when it comes to intel hardware.  

i'd appreciate advice as to how to best buy/build an intel/amd system and
build a linux workstation on top of.  while i am a wintel moron, i have
been using linux for a couple of years, UNIX for 20 years, and i was
been a systems engineer for motorola in the distant past so i've been
inside hardware before.

my linux hardware requirements:

1280x1024x24 or better display
USB
Firewire
SCSI (for scanner)
CDR/CDRW 
DVDR/DVDRW
analogue audio input
? composite video input (maybe... i just got a tivo and am amazed at
  what it can do...)

i'd use it for software development, mozilla, some openoffice,
vuescanning in photos, gimping/cinepainting photos,
watching dvd's, burning mp3 cds, ssh'ing into work and my
panix account.

i'd probably be happy with a median-level CPU (amd or intel).

i'd hate to buy a system with windoze installed.

i'll take linux compatibility and support over exotic hardware.

if anyone could point me to a good source or strategy as to building
such a machine, i'd be most grateful.

thanks!

-rei

-- 
Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey

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