Thanks for your input about Mac-Pro Tom. I've been searching for a new (not refurbished, or open box) G3 900Mhz iBook, but still have not found any. So looks like I'll be going with the refurbished unit from Mac-Pro. -- vjamacaddict http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/VernAndrews/ > From: "Tom R. no spam" <tr5374 at csc.albany.edu> > > Bought a factory refurb CRT iMac from them over a year ago, > which I later bought AppleCare for. The experience with > Mac-Pro was satisfactory, tho the iMac had sticky stuff > on the housing as though tape had been holding the housing > together for a while. Came in a usual Apple factory refurb > shipping carton. The iMac is used only lightly--browsing, > wordprocessing, printing, scanning--in OS9, and has worked fine. >