I agree with Tom Miller, and hope he is correct: "If Apple dropped its OS, there would be no point in buying a Mac. Won't happen." However, it is interesting to note that Apple's software engineering chief of nearly a decade, Avie Tevanian, left the company a few days ago. See http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0306tevanian.html Perhaps this is merely a coincidence. Timothy D. Naegele www.naegele.com