There is also a huge noise problem with the current line. see: http://www.g4noise.com Apple does need to address this problem in the next refresh. k On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 07:28 PM, Shirley Kehr wrote: > Small dog has a number of refurbished dual 1 GHz G4s that they are > loading with memory (2 GB) and an extra 120 GB drive (all > pre-installed). Does anyone see anything wrong with this as a bridge > between my present dual 500 and the next generation machine? (I'm not > going to get the first of the new processors, so I may be waiting for > another year or two otherwise.) I don't think the dual 1.25 is all that > much faster, is it? > > Shirley