>How about because of the fact that they promised Quark there would >be some good-quality OS-9 bootable Macs available in 2003 until they >got their rear in gear to release Quark on OS X? I sort of liked the Job's "slight of hand" in saying that this is what they meant by all models produced after 2002... Education and Quark get to keep buying any Macs but (to date) the 17" and 12" powerbooks... That was a slick way of smoothing some ruffled feathers and actually a better way of phasing in OSX. I suspect that the next release of desktops will have the G5 chips -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Mike Bigley Maineville, Ohio http://www.norbertrunning.com Please support an American Indian Elder & Medicine Man by visiting the above link. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>