I am getting so frustrated with the speed of Illustrator 10 that I may put 8 back on again! The majority of the speed issues with 10 seem to be font related, and keeping the amount of activated fonts down to a minimum helps - but not much. Oh, and turning off the extra options when saving a file in 10 format helps speed up saving files greatly (but limits the extra "functionality" provided by Adobe). > Do you use Illustrator 10? That is the most unstable, doggy app I am > using in OSX. I don't think I have actually quit Illustrator in > months... it crashes that often. In fact, it often crashes the first > time I launch it, before opening a file! I always save my files in AI8 > format, because when deadlines loom, I launch AI8 in classic, as it is > VERY stable...