It's definitely worth it now. I got mine a few months after It came out originally, (in 2006) and It was $600 w/o the warranty, which then totaled $736 afterwards. But the good news is that it still runs after 3 and a half years. You're lucky to get one now, I'm gettin close to filling my 60 GB HDD and then I gotta pay over $100 bucks for a new HDD for it.