Well, since it's on it's way, you may as well try it out and see if it's what you like.  But again, I would dump the OS immediately and get something better.  Of course, doing so would probably void your warranty, since you're changing something that will affect the way the computer works (it'll work better, but that's corporations for ya).  Since it's dad's money, see if the computer is good enough for you.  But in all honesty, I would have shopped around a bit before committing to this one.  As Debbi said, Dell is much nicer to work with...

the same cost as you're paying for this one.  Plus, Dell doesn't give you AOL, so that is a perk all in itself.
   But, as I said... play with it a bit... try running it to extremes... leave it turned on and running for a few days... load some high-resource usage programs... see how it handles under pressure.  And yeah, it's going to have sound... but again, you could have gotten better.
   It may not seem like it now, but pretty soon you'll start to fin the flaws in the computer... for example, the drive space is going to haunt you in a couple months, unless you are VERY careful about what you have on the computer.  And for the cost, you should have gotten a CDRW too... you'll miss that terribly.