[PocketMonsterRAWR]

Okay, I'm so happy because I'm FINALLY getting a new iMac. I'm still using a Slot-Loading G3 "Flower Power" from 2002. Lol. Anyways, like I said next month I'm getting a beautiful G5:]. I've an 2000$ "spending limit". Oh, what cool accessories, software and or hardware should I add to it?

[seanc]

I hope you don't mean you're spending $2000 on a G5 PowerPC iMac
If you mean the Intel iMacs, they're not called Gx anymore, because the Gx related to the generation of PowerPC processor inside the Macs.

[PocketMonsterRAWR]

Oh Snaps, yeah Intel. I guess I'm still used to calling it "G5".

[seanc]

Haha, OK.
Well the only accessory I can think of is an external firewire hard drive equal to the size of your internal drive so that you can use it for backups.

[analogika]

I'd wait for another few weeks (seriously, if you're still on a flower power, then four or five weeks is NOT going to hurt) and get it with Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5).

Get the 24-inch model, and spend the remaining $200 on a decent-sized external backup drive - Leopard includes the sensational Time Machine backup engine.

That's really all you need.

[funkboy]

I would also wait a couple more weeks.

For an external hard drive, I recommend OWC's Elite-AL series; they match the look of the aluminum iMac and are pretty quiet. I'm using a Mac Mini, and a quiet computer is important to me. The blue LED on the front is obnoxious, so I ended up covering mine with a small piece of paper which still allows the light to shine through, but not very much.
OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro FireWire 800 + FireWire 400 + USB 2.0 + eSATA 'Quad Interface' Solutions up to 1.0TB at OtherWorldComputing.com

Edit: This is the thread I meant to post my hard drive recommendation in...