Best OS9-capable Mac to purchase in 2008?

I have $1032 credit at Gain Saver because the optical drive on a used PB15 purchased earlier this year died. Since I opted for the 3-yr warranty, I can spend the credit and transfer the warranty to any of their current offerings.
Instead of another PB15, I am considering the purchase of a G5 Dual 2.3GHz to replace a Power Mac G4. It's not portable but the G5 could become a more worthy Photoshop workstation.
iMac 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo is currently the fastest machine on the network. A 1GHz AGP G4, 2GB RAM (broken FW connector; AP and EN T-10 bottlenecks) with ADC 23" Cinema Display is the slowest.
On the eve of Snow Leopard, I would much rather purchase the latest Mac Pro. However there is a need to keep something capable of running Mac OS 9 or Classic around for backwards compatibility with old files, accounting records, taxes, custom apps, etc. This means OS will not be upgraded beyond Tiger. My dilemma is with minimal cost, to purchase a PowerMac with as much usefulness as possible. Recommendations welcomed.
Non-liquid-cooled options considered:
* PM G5 Dual 2.3GHz 8GB RAM, 750GB HD (M9748LL/A) @1565
* PM G5 Dual 1.8GHz 8GB RAM, 750GB HD (M9454LL/A) @1405
* PB15 G4 1.67GHz 2GB RAM, 250GB HD (M9969LL/A) @1215
* PB15 G4 1.5GHz 2GB RAM, 250GB HD (M9422LL/A) @1114
* iMac G5 20" 2.1GHz 2GB RAM, 750GB HD (MA064LL/A) @ $1095
* PM G4 992mhz, 400GB HD (M8361Ll/A) @ $446
   (use RAM from AGP; leaves considerable credit)

Having posted this question to three different mailing lists, I want to consolidate the most helpful responses. Relative Geekbench 2 score speed ratings from PM G3 349MHz (score: 206) to Mac Pro Intel Xeon 3.2GHz 8-core (score: 8565) are provided by Primate Labs.
1. PM G4 Dual 1.25GHz MDD 1.5GB RAM, 400GB HD (M8573LL/A)
  + Will get the job done for the least outlay of cash
  + 2GB memory recognized in OS X
  + Able to boot into OS9 (1.5GB RAM)
  + One 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) Ethernet port
  + Third-party processor upgrades available
  - 167MHz System bus
  - Four open full-length 64-bit, 33MHz PCI slots; AGP 4X graphics card slot
  - Nicknamed "windtunnel"
  - Supports OS9 thru Leopard but Tiger only for Classic (no Snow Leopard)
  - Geekbench 2 score: 1047
2. PM G5 Dual 2.3GHz 8GB RAM, 750GB HD (M9748LL/A)
  + Nearly fastest OS9 air-cooled Classic capable machine
  + One 1000BASE-T (Gigabit) Ethernet port
  + 1.15GHz System bus
  + Available from vendor with which credit balance exists
  + One of the least problematic G5s
  - Requires additional cash for maximum RAM
  - 3 PCI slots (Slots 2&3 64-bit, 100 MHz; Slot 4 64-bit, 133 MHz)
  - Power hungry, drawing 300w on average
  - Supports OS9 thru Leopard but Tiger only for Classic (no Snow Leopard)
  - Geekbench 2 score: 1962
3. PM G5 Core Duo 2.3GHz, 16GB RAM 750GB HD (M9591LL/A)
  + Perhaps fastest OS9 Classic air-cooled capable machine
  + Dual 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) Ethernet ports
  + Twice memory capacity of prior G5 Dual 2.3GHz
  + 1.15GHz System bus
  + One of the least problematic G5s
  - Unavailable from vendor with which credit balance exists
  - 3 PCI Express 100MHz expansion slots: two 4-lane slots and one 8-lane slot
  - Power hungry, drawing 300w+ on average
  - Cost to maximize memory may not be worth minimal performance gain
  - Supports OS9 thru Leopard but Tiger only for Classic (no Snow Leopard)
  - Geekbench 2 score: 2064
Any of theses acquisitions allow hard drive(s) on current PM G4 1GHz to be purged. Thereafter the latest version of Tiger (10.4.11) will be installed on it with Classic before retiring on a shelf as a backup OS9 machine. This will allow AirPort Extreme Base station to be configured to eliminate slower 802.11b/g WEP WiFi in favor of faster and more secure 802.11g WPA2 WiFi - improving local iPhone performance and allowing Gigabit file transfers between cat-6 wired Macs and newest printers. Last year, three trunk loads of old Macs, hard drives and components were disposed of as e-waste.
It is with great interest that I follow multi-core optimized Snow Leopard and Mac Pros released in 2009 to exploit this feature. If everything comes together nicely (true application acceleration, print driver compatibility, expansion beyond 8 cores, new 30"+ Apple Display, stabilization of stock market), I look forward to acquiring an incredible system and MacBook next year in addition to one of the configurations summarized above.

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