I don think their is a downside to either. Upgrade and it will be usable for 10 or more years depending on what software you buy in the future. A new Mini would also be usable for 5 to 10 years depending on what software you buy. The G4 gives you a lot of internal expansion and external expansion better video cards and the like in the future. The mini You have external expansion. I have a QS G4 2001 that figure will last me 8 to 10 more years because i have upgraded it to a duel 1.8 and if i need more video power in the future i can upgrade it also. Have fun. On Apr 11, 2007, at 5:41 PM, James Asherman wrote: > > On Apr 11, 2007, at 4:11 PM, Slip Kid wrote: > >> Or, is there any reason the Mini will be 'less good' than the >> upgraded G4? >> [Or, ignoring 'cost', is there any 'downside' to the Mini versus >> the upgraded G4?] > > It needs the upgrades whether you buy a new one or not. > > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/g4/attachments/20070411/53a5437d/attachment-0001.html