Thinking of getting G5 Quad - Questions.

Hello everyone,
I have currently a G4 MDD 2003 dual 1.25. Right now, I am at odds end with either getting for under 1100.00 a nice G5 Quad 2.5 with everything versus a bid for $1000.00 I already put in on a 6-day listing for a Mac Pro from last year 2008.
Here is what I use my current Mac for:
1. Surfing the i-net
2. Emailing, and skype, ichat, video conferencing and video chatting.
3. Playing 1980s based video games, and some modern ones.
4. Watching regular DVDs, as blu-ray isn't supported through Mac OS X as of yet. Though, not as of yet, I plan to watch High Definition content, such as movies.
I don't use my mac for the following:
Pro Apps, such as Aperture, Motion, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop CS3,CS4. Lets see what else.. Garageband, heavy intense gaming, and or heavy processor intensive applications.
I am mainly looking at the Mac Pro in getting it for its expandability and being able to upgrade what I choose, and not being pushed back by system integrated parts. I know processors can't be upgraded, so I have learned to live with this as I am happy with my mac.
With Snow Leopard in the works, Can someone tell me before I hit the buy it now button for the G5, should I try and take my chances of winning the Mac Pro? Its a 6-day listing and its right now at 658.00 dollars. I expect that to probably go up exceeding 1500.00 which is really my absolute maximum budget, or should I purchase the G5 quad and then maybe after a few months, try to trade it up for the mac pro? Advice? Anyone?! I think 1099 for a G5 Quad is quite a nice price!

"but if you want to be ready for future apps and OS you should go for a Mac Pro" - I know, but my chances of getting the mac pro on Ebay, at least for now are slim to none. Although, I also bidded on one for $1000.00, while there is a 6-day auction on one, and the price is now at $350.00 something, I doubt I will win it simply because there are too many people out there that want one. So, my hope is that within a few months once I have the Quad, I plan to trade it up for a Mac Pro as the Quad G5 I am sure has a higher resale value compared to my G4 MDD dual 1.25 which I have currently and typing this on.
Also, according to the seller, there is no airport installed. My other question is this: Is there a PCIe option for airport extreme wireless, or can I just use the USB wireless adapter and forgo having to spend another 217.00(mac-pro.com) for part number: MA252G/A which is the airport card/runaway card combo?
I didn't really give attention to the leak problems, but you said some of the Quads have a liquid cooled leak problem?

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But if it is something more subtle like "the colors seem wrong" or "the screen is not set straight" it will take more arguing. And I can't stand arguing about stuff like that just to get a good phone.
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