>I still haven't actually toyed with any IDE based Macs as my newest Mac is a >monster sized 9600 and I won't replace that unless Apple offersd a newer 6 >PCI slot based Mac! >:( (I'm pretty sure 9500/9600 is the last 6 slot Mac) It is, though the current Power Macs (since 1/01) have only one less slot, since the 9600 comes with a video card in one of its slots. The Power Mac G4's ship with a video card in a dedicated high-speed video (AGP) slot, and have four open PCI slots. And they card they ship with supports two monitors, potentially freeing up a slot in a two-monitor setup. So I don't think you'd be giving up too much if you wanted a current machine. Ivan.