First off the 1.6 Pentium M is basically equivalent to a 2.6 desktop chip. So that’s going to be fast enough for all of your uses. Secondly, most of the time Dell's ram is way over priced. Those prices don't seem bad but you may want to get some prices at other sites to compare. 1gig of RAM should be plenty but the more the better. Lastly, if you want to play WoW or any other video game you're going to need a good 3d card. Some Dell laptop models don't have the option to upgrade the video card and others do. I recommend getting the best Nvidia or ATI card they have available since it will be difficult if not impossible to upgrade it later on.