Thanks for the insight beachycove. While I was a little tempted to go for the 8500, I was already scared off by the size and cost of toner.

I always thought the 16/600 was one of the better LaserWriters. We had them in school and I can't really ever remember them having issues despite high volume use year after year. I wouldn't be surprised if they're still in use today given their reliability and my former school department's ever shrinking budget.

I'm pleased with this one so far. Acts exactly as it should, and the 101k page count doesn't seem too high compared to some of the others I've seen.

Here's a little side-topic question: What's the highest page count anyone here has on a LaserWriter? Or lowest?