I would a look at open source software: For project management, not a complete solution, but I'd GanttPV, which is an OK project scheduling app. For illustration, try Gimp (don't know how it fares against Photoshop, but it's free and I find it quite nice). For spreadsheet, NeoOffice is usable, All these can be found on www.versiotracker.com or www.macupdate.com. Also a list of open source software running under X11 can be found on fink.sourceforge.net (with instructions on how to install Fink (you can use FinkCommander to install applications after you've installed Fink). frank On 21 May, 2006, at 24:52, Da Pen wrote: > want to do bookkeeping (which I have > located MacBooks Pro), contacts, calendaring, project > management software, illustration/drawing/cad, > spreadsheet, and photoshop.