Don, I cannot for the life of me figure out why your machine would be slower due to an increase in camera pixilation. There shouldn't be any noticeable difference. So I am curious what other people will say. I use an even older iBOOK 600mhz and I have jumped from a 5mega pixel Nikon D1X to a 12 mega pixel D2X with no noticeable change. What am I missing here? Bill