Ray, For what you would pay for a G5 you can get a Mini. Don't underestimate it's size, i run a Filemaker Server on one that has over 75K records that 20 people connect to. Just my 2¢ Best Regards, Frank Sudore fsudore at mac.com 954-253-1933 On Jul 9, 2009, at 10:55 AM, the Claytons wrote: > I've decided it's time to buy a new used Mac. My Quicksilver 733 G4 > is getting long in the tooth and I've gotten all these years from > the original hard drive, but I worry. > > Logic says that a G5 is the way to go, still, I'm intrigued with the > idea of a "late model" G4 (perhaps a MDD 1.25) that I can max out at > perhaps half the price. I need to stay with Tiger. > > I'm recently retired so I really don't need the latest and greatest > and fastest. But I do want to get many years service from it. > > Any ideas, arguments, suggestions? > > Ray > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4