That is my understanding as well. Don't confuse SMP capable apps with Altivec-aware apps. Someone posted a list of apps, and it matches pretty much with what i've read about apps that can take advantage of Altivec. mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "J J" <jj4 at sympatico.ca> To: "Power Macintosh G4 List" <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 9:50 AM Subject: [G4] How many applications currently take adavantage of > I thought all apps get the advantage of dual > processors in OSX as the system itself is dual > aware and parcels out "all" the work to the > processor it chooses. As I understood in OSX it is > 'illegal' for an app to choose its own destination > or do many other things directly with the hardware > as it did in OS 9. Everything must pass through > the system now. > > Hey, if I am wrong here, let me know. > > jj >