On Jan 31, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote: > Mac OS 9 might not have had preemptive multitasking, however, for a > single user machine dedicated to Photoshop, I'd much rather have > that than what we have now. > > As for stability, it was a question of how you configured my > machine. When I was running Mac OS 9, I rebooted less often than I > do now. Zane; I am most curious to know what it is that you do such that OS 9 was more stable for you and why you prefer it to OS X pre-emptive multitasking? I know that machines can behave differently depending on what they're used for...I know that I had my fill of those little exploding bomb ball dialogue boxes which the computer could sometimes barely draw, when I'd get a system bomb...which would be several times a day some days... zc