thank you all for all of that great and helpful feedback. given what has been posted, it seems that a G4/533 is not the best computer for seting up a file server, even for 60€! i really want to keep this simple and as cheap as possible so i'll wait for a better machine to show up on my favorite second-hand mac sites here around zürich… again many thanks, alexandre :: 17" 2.33ghz ic2d macbook pro / 2.0gb / 160gb / X.4.8 :: :: 24" 2.33ghz ic2d imac / 2.0gb / 250gb / X.4.8 ::