That's true with many G4s - not just Cubes. There is an easy, elegant solution, though - it involves having several iPhoto libraries instead of one large one. One such tool is "iPhoto Library Manager"; here: http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ Another is "iPhoto Buddy", here: http://www.iphotobuddy.com/ Have fun - Ken On Jun 26, 2007, at 2:06 AM, Erik Ableson wrote: > However, don't expect the Cube to be able to handle large iPhoto > Libraries gracefully - you'll spend a lot of time watching the > beach ball spin, but for most day to day activity (web, mail, word > processing) it performs quite well.