No hardware problems here and it is more stable than any G4 I had. Add more RAM - the G5 s are stared of RAM in the original configuration. Unlike the G4 line, RAM costs money again. Take a look on ebay for Apple OEM RAM that someone with more money than me is trading out for the 1gig sticks - You will find 256 or maybe 512 sticks at a good price. Dealram.com may have some hits for brand new 3rd party. jj On 14-Mar-05, at 4:21 AM, g5-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote: > Waiting for my 1.8 Ghz. G5. > To: g5 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > Message-ID: <2552fa0905031401212e7f4 at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Hi, > > I am new to the list and am waiting for delivery of my 1.8 Ghz. G5. > Just curious as to opinions about the G5 and whether people are > satisfied or had a lot of hardware problems. In a Google search, I > have seen that there were some that experienced hardware problems like > smoke coming out of the box, but my dealer claims he hasn't had any > problems with that. Is that an issue that is now in the past or are > there things I should look out for? > > Cheers, > > Brian