Hello. I just bought a Cube and even though it's six years old I still see it as viable. I'm still using a Duo 2300c I bought in 1996 (10 years old.) Our Mac IIfx, bought in 1991 (15.5 years old), just gave up the ghost. Both of these machines have been tremendously useful. I will upgrade my Cube with a faster processor and video card and it probably will be a 1.8 Giga upgrade. Unless you ABSOLUTELY require a specific "latest and greatest" upgrade in software you'll still be able to use it for what you do with it NOW. I'd go for the 1.8 and get the 3 year insurance policy for $166. Cheers! Dave __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com