wolf359 OS9??? ...NO!! any person still huddled in the crumbling cave of Mac OS9 deserves to be abandonded IMHO and the $500 mac mini makes that tired old "new macs are too expensive" ,argument moot. Well... my wife still uses an OS9... ehem... Cube. (Yes... I was the guy who bought one.) She does writing and editing work for various institutions and companies that only require her to do excellant work, not to have the latest and greatest operating system. As a stay-at-home Mom, and a freelance worker, she doesn't have the time OR NEED to upgrade her machine. Still workes great at searching the web for info she needs, email, Word, (UGH!) and the like. At this point she can't upgrade her web browser to Firefox, (OS9 isn't supported,) or Word, (ditto,) or her other apps either without a significant outlay of expense. So please don't abandon those who can't afford to surf the upgrade tide... many of them are your customer base. Like the hobbiest, and the 'one-man-shop' graphic designer, and the students. Just my 2 cents. Thanx for listening. :D