[Slowhands]

I echo what Gerardo says about spending the extra for an iMac. I bought a G5 iMac last year and IMO it is the best computer in the world for what you want to do, and has the capacity and capabilities you'll want if your needs expand. The mac mini is just the CPU. the iMac is everything you need right out of the box. Incredible display, boots up in seconds, intuitive and easy to use, never crashing, never infected (I bought mine after my laptop from work, a Dell, was terminally infected TWICE in 4 months despite antiviral software and had to have the whole hard drive wiped clean and reformatted--what a pain and expense). And now that the price has come down, I can't see any reason not to get it. It is money well-invested and you'll be glad you did.