Hi, Mine's 6 years old too, with 2 year old upgrade to 1.2 Ghz and video card, it's fine. I read all the time that the heavy duty image processing software still runs slow on the Intel macs until sometime next year. Go for the 1.8, at $166 it's a good deal, suzanne On 24 Jun 2006, at 04:27, Da Pen wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Cube mailing list > Cube at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984