Mike... that's great to read! I have an intel iMac on it's way to me via UPS right now... should arrive Tuesday next. I admittedly have some concerns, along the lines of what John mentioned, but hope this goes well. Thanks for the post. Don Mike wrote: > FWIW, I've found the transition from my PPC based Macs to the Dual > Core Intel chip as seamless as any transition I've made from one > generation of Macs to the next. > > On Feb 24, 2006, at 11:25 AM, John Griffin wrote: > >> If you follow the constant flow of reports of bugs and other >> assorted problems and issues in MacFixit and other such sites, you >> should feel fairly content and secure with the old PPC architecture. >> We all knew (and a few actually admitted) that he shift to Intel >> would cause problems and this is precisely what is happening. Stay >> with your PPC machines for at least a couple of years and let others >> try and sort out the problems. >> >> jg >>