I would like to know if anyone has made an in depth evaluation of the difference between SSE3 & the Altivec implimentations in the G4+ and the 970? This to me appears to be where Intel falls short. They appear to do better in Interger computation, the reason that Mathematica did so well, but fall short by a wide margin in the vector, the strength of the PPC platform. -- Have a Happy & Enjoy Richard Meyeroff Meyeroff Computer Consultants tel: 917-586-8790 rem at meyeroff-c-c.com