Some of those Dells are built like tanks. I still love my old Sony Vaio for exactly that reason: the damn thing is built like a tank. 6 years old and still running mostly like a champ (sure it did get a new battery last year and the screen is starting to get stained).
Well, I for one took advantage of a 3 for the price of 2 deal at a local retailer and got a few new games: