Oops, my bad... I should have more carefully read (and understood) exactly what you were asking. That being said, lemme rephrase a thing or two for you:
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Having read your advice, I belive the generic build-your-own model will be the best fit for my Desktop. Can a laptop be generically built?
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I thought you were asking about a CPS to DJ with only... For your desktop, yes you can just as easily (while saving money in the process) build yourself a top of the line computer for about 40% - 60% of the costs from a manufacturer. Laptops may be built as well and will save you some money in that respect, but for either case (and as Cap pointed out), you can just as easily get a good deal on E-Bay.
Office 2000 & Office XP (2002) both come standard with PowerPoint.
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Let me see if I understand the double HD issue. The Desktop would have two distinct hard drives; one for operating system and office work, the other HD for storage of converted MP3 music files?
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Yes. Even for a CPS that is used for DJ only, I highly recommend the use of at least two or more HDDs. The smaller drive (C:\) holds your OS, Microsoft Office, Quicken, Leisure Suit Larry; The Computer Game, etc. and on the second, larger drive (80GB minimum), you store all of your MP3s.
Simply put, your computer is constantly reading and writing stuff on your HDD, if your split the reading and writing between two or more drives, you reduce the workload on one drive, decrease the system latency (time lag between commands and execution) as well as making the overall functioning of the system that much more stable by spreading the work load. You of course can get rather fancy with HDD configuration, but thems the nitty-gritty of a multi-drive setup.
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Why would the Laptop not be set up for wireless printing and internet use? Reason? Not doubting, only rationale for why not?
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Sorry, I didn't mean that you shouldn't, just that it was not necessary. Wireless = slower data transfer rates plus the possiblity of losing your signal due to a number of factors. In the spirit of KISS, it's just something else that may potentially cause you problems later.
There, hopefully I was a lil less confusing that time...lol :tup