He might want to stick with Panther in the first place. It's mature, it comes on CDs, it's cheap for sale these days. Tiger (I run it) has so many bugs, GUI inconsistencies, Spotlight flaws, Dashboard RAM issues ... I don't really want to recommend it to businesses or people new to OS X. Bjorn . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained herein is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access by any other party is unauthorised without the express written permission of the sender. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender either via the company switchboard on +44 (0)20 7623 8000, or via e-mail return. If you have received this e-mail in error or wish to read our e-mail disclaimer statement and monitoring policy, please refer to http://www.drkw.com/disc/email/ or contact the sender. 3167 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------