I have to side with Alan on this. The computer (and internals) are not the only thing which one works with daily. Ancilliary devices (scanners, printers, iPods, external CD/DVD burners) are connected to the CPU and therefore, can cause problems. Or, someone may be considering a new purchase and wishes to have a number of thoughts on the product (MacWorld is a bit too positive about products to be considered reliable). And to top it off, the CPU needs some sort of OS, be it 9 or X. The OS itself has created a number of valid questions/comments in my opinion. Time to move on, Rod On Feb 23, 2004, at 5:19 AM, Alan Thompson wrote: > i believe that it is bad etiquette to pounce on them for doing so. > the cube mailing list certainly is cube focused, but it is an active > community that posts and discusses all sorts of things macintosh with > some frequency.