On Wednesday, January 7, 2004, at 06:27 PM, James Asherman wrote: >>> I invite you to demonstrate your belief with actual benchmark figures >>> that can be reproduced. >>> You will find that the effect you believe in does not take place in >>> MacOS 10.3 >>> >>> Peter >>> I Peter would invite YOU to find a computer in a less "clinical:" setting than yours probably is and I have described all the real world stuff you can do with it.. Find one that has been in constant use for like two years. Then try to capture and edit and play back video. Good Luck. The Bench mark is when your Final cut Pro Quits in the middle of a long playback with a cryptic message about your disc being slow. Jim