[drmadison]

I'd say that a 195mhz O2 is a perfectly fine starter SGI. I wouldn't go with an Indy as while they have that oldschool pizzabox unix "cool" to them... they're SO MUCH SLOWER. An Octane would be notably faster, and much more upgradeable, but also a lot bigger, heftier, and just more you have to know. Plus if you're wanting to do SD video, the O2 is literally the machine MADE for that, unless you want to go Octane + video option boards which will all add up to quite a bit more money.