Really? I was thinking Tiger would run fairly alright...compared to the tray loader, the exact same Panther install runs a lot faster on the slot load.

You know, its funny...back when these machines were new, i was actually doing work experience at an AASP, and we used to have slot loaders come in all the time for repair, usually requiring replacement APV or Down Converter boards, after overheating...as a result, even though the machines were brilliant, I was never a fan of them, simply because, well, pardon the pun, but because they didn't have a fan, and therefore had reliability issues. In the coming years, as my iMac started to pack on the years, I received quite a bit of crap for it from people who had slot loaders, when I was really quite happy with my tray loader. I hate to say it...but I can finally see where they're coming from...as much as my tray loader is still a great machine, the slot loader is just a much nicer, much better put together machine.