I have the 1 gig FW800 G4 Power Mac. I don't think it's a rip off. I like it a lot. I have no desire to go back to OS 9 so that is not an issue for me. Since when do the new 1.25 duals boot in OS 9? They came out when my model came out and I am under the impression that they do not boot in OS 9. Tom > The rip off G4's are everything outside the new dual 1.25 GHz w/2MB L3 > cache that boot 9 for $1599. But anyone thinking of buying a new Mac > now should be thinking of waiting for the G5 and buying the dual 2 GHz > G5 in September or October for $2999. >