John McDaniel said: >As far as I'm concerned, if one has involved oneself in the consistent >use of the software offerings from M$, one has VERY likely experienced >a crash with OS X. I live in Microsoft Word. I've never had a crash, kernel panic, or inescapable beachball, using OS X. (I have had some applications suddenly quit. But even that has only happened a handful of times.) I've also heard from a good number of folks who can say the same thing. A little routine maintenance goes a long way. Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five. -Groucho Marx