Thanks for the info. i checked them out, but decided that the techno warehouse one will do me. its the fastest G4 available for the iMac. the next one is a 600Mhz G3. I dont think video editing will be top of my list for stuff do do. no firewire on the imac. thanks for the tips though. Lotas T Smartman, MCP www.lotas-smartman.net www.the-hairy-one.com www.lsn-blog.tk