On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 06:31:31PM CST, Steve Self <steveself at mac.com> wrote: : : I have a friend who is a basic user (no video, no photoshop, no : inDesign, no Aperture...) and wants to get a new computer. I told him : to get either the MacBookPro or the new Intel iMac. He was just about : to pull the trigger, and was cautioned not to by a couple of power : users who told him there were problems with the units. : : Now from what he is going to do (writing, email, internet, some pics, : some music) i cannot see a downside to going Intel. Ask your friend to ask those "power users" to be specific about the "problems" with the new MacTel hardware. -- Eugene http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/