It's official now, I'm gonna get a new computer within a few months.

I won't deny that some of the driving factors include FF XI, anime, MP3, but it's also for legitimate reasons such as school and diverting usage from Mum and Jugi, especially seeing how I'll have to run the heavy software within six months, and we're ALWAYS fighting over who gets to use the computer.

So here's the specs I'm thinking of right now:
Pentium 4 2.5Ghz+ or AMD Athlon 3000+
512 MB DDR RAM
120 GB HD
CD-RW
Windows XP Pro
128 MB+ video card
3-piece speakers w/ subwoofer
decent sound card

Main applications will be:
Mozilla & Firefox
Windows Media Player 6.4
FF XI (XP)
FirstClass
ArcView
ArcInfo
Access
Word
Winamp
ICQ
Xnews
emulators (GBA, SNES)

Now if the next staff shopping day can just come around sooner...