Thanks to Richard, I done done it ... as they say.
CompUSA had a special on the hp4630 as well as the 4610. I chose the 4630 for 20+ % more money since is has 512 Mby of Ram instead of 256, and has an inbuilt 802.11b/g wireless.
It's still in the box. More later ;-)
BTW, the CompUSA special runs out at end-of-business tomorrow, 21 February.
Thanks again for alerting me,
sc