Fire bad. New computer good.

my parents are purchasing me a new computer due to a fire that occurred a few weeks ago. My previous computer was highly outdated and showed signs of death before the incident.
anyway they plan on buying me this

HP Media Center TV Desktop
Model: m7674n
Intel® Core™2 Duo processor E6400; Intel® Viiv™ technology; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; 400GB hard drive; 2GB PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM; Windows XP Media Center 2005 with TV tuner; 15-in-1 media reader; LightScribe labeling; wireless LAN

what are your thoughts?

media center? doesn't sound good. is there even a  video card?

although, hueg hdd is hueg

comes with NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE with TurboCache technology

LOL Turbocache.  Double LOL at Viiv.  Huge fail.  Please tell me you're not serious.

im just copying and pasting all of the info

then what should I have them get me for under $1,500

Obviously depends on what you want to do with it.

>>6 Here:
https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=4568947&WishListTitle=A+Conroe+box

Windows XP Media Center 2005 LOL