Getting a computer

[Maxpphire]

Well I don't quite have a job yet (I should hopefully have one soon) and I would like to get a new computer as soon as possible because this 9 year old piece of shit really is just not cutting it anymore to do anything but be on Opera, Skype, and MSN. (Sometimes it has issues with minimizing Skype and letting me go on Opera or MSN instead.)

Now eventually I'd like to have both a desktop and a laptop.

I want both to have Windows 7, good cpu, a decent amount of RAM, a good video and sound card, and as much Hard Drive storage as I can shove into a computer while all being rather cheap. I would like alienware but I know that stuff is way too expensive for me so I'm just not gonna bother with that brand until I get a really good paying job.

Ok, now what should I get first, a Desktop or Laptop? And what do you guys suggest I put into them while being relatively cheap?