Paul Russell wrote: > (ii) AltiVec. I wouldn't mind betting that Quartz and other high > performance chunks o' code are optimised for AltiVec, in which case > they'll run like molasses on x86 hardware. This is a fact. As I stated earlier, those who have tried the x86 port of Solaris are already familiar with the problems introduced by trying to run code that is optimised for one platform on another. -- Chris Olson Network Administrator AST Communications, Inc. Linux Support http://linux.astcomm.net Barron, WI USA