Congratulations Shooter! You're going to love it! The operating sytem and all!

Hope your dad doesn't flip his lid...
Anyway, unless your a hardcore computer user, I would just get the top of the line G4 iMac.
I have the old school iMac DV SE with a G3 processor and I'm doing just fine. I think a CD-RW is standard in Macs now, whether you want a DVD-R drive also (which is featured in the top model iMac), is up to you. I'd still get that model because it has a little more than the others, and who knows, maybe you'll want get a DV camera and make your own movies and burn them on to DVD?
Welcome to a world free of illegal operations, unsteady operating systems, and monopolyed software. Do what
you want, think different.
P.S. Unless you're an avid music fan, a 5 gig iPod will do just fine and it's a $100 less, but it appears money isn't an issue for you rich folk so if you can find 2000 songs to load up, go ahead!
