I am also a big fan of the Laserwriter II series, and even now have people
contact me to buy the IIg upgrade boards (faster cpu, but the key is
ethernet). In any kind of mixed environment of PC and mac I think people
are much better off with a HP Laserjet with a fast comm plugin and
postscript. I use a 4P and its so reliable and cheap compared to inkjets
etc I doubt I will ever let it go. OTOH the II series is so EASY to fix,
and not that much a drop in print quality and speed.