First of all, welcome to the site. Get some pics up, we love our pics!!!
As for why the Boxster is better than the 86.... Here is a write up that I linked from the 86 forum
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37779
A stripped cayman was still rated better than top of the line GT86. Now add the drop top, and the Boxster is that much better.
I read another article one, can't find it now, that compared a brand new GT86 to a 2000 Base Boxster and the Boxster came out on top. So thirteen years later and the Boxster still wins?!
Of course the final "shut up" would be...Imitation is the highest form of flattery, and they made the GT86 to LOOK like a Porsche!