One possibility that has been overlooked on this topic is the concept of
having your cake and eating it too:
Macintoshes (G3s in particular) are able to emulate PCs quite reliably and
quickly--and relatively cheaply.  On the high end, a PC emulator card (at
ca. $400) makes a  Mac G3 run PC software as fast as a Pentium II.  Even
the more inexpensive emulation software (Virtual PC at $159 or Soft Windows
at $129) allow a G3 to run PC software without making you snooze between
operations (equivalent to a Pentium 100, for example).

According to my computing sources, the only real problems arise with very
heavy graphics (such as with games) and old versions of software.  As with
any advice, your mileage may vary; and you should always ckeck out your own
configuration with the proposed software before making ANY switch.

Back to lurking...

-L-

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Speaking strictly for myself...
Lisa Churchill-Roth
Grants Administration
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
xxxxxx@SALK.EDU