John (who knows much more than I do) wrote: >it's almost time for a new system, maybe a quicksilver... > I can only tell you folks that my bargain ebay G4 Sawtooth tower under Panther 10.3.9 has proved rock solid, and, much to my surprise, has had few problems communicating with two G3s under 9.2.2 via Ethernet. As a Mac tyro. I work on the time-honoured principle that "if it ain't broke, you don't fix it". My requirement is that the G4 runs the programs I want it to with the minimum of hassle. This it does (including Photoshop 5 under Classic) with no problems. My only beef is that Eudora for Mac OS X seems to take an age sorting out the filters on incoming email. Anyone got a fix/workaround for this? Best Alex -- Alex & Carmel Hurst Waterfall Near Cork Ireland Tel: +353 21 454 3328 Mobile: +353 87 245 7048 Work: +353 21 427 0907 email: corkflor at iol.ie Home Pages: http://www.iol.ie/~corkflor