Same here, i spray panted my old compaq case, drilled holes in the side to mount the 120MM fan, and its all scratched up.
Its whats on the inside what really counts.
What CPU did you want to get? I'm planning to get a AMD Athlon 66 X2 4600+ or 5200+. I'm also planning to get a Radeon X1950pro.
Unless you want to see an HP Pavillion laptop with one of those cheap laptop coolers from wal-mart in the bottom, with a mouse attached to it, i'm not going to provide a picture.
http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/1060/s4010077at7.jpg
I really want to get a new desk :-(
love my Xtreme Paint skillz
a labtop? ew