> ... I am very careful, tender, and gentle when I move my iBook into > its carrycase and travel with it. But, I just throw my Dell Latitude > into its case and toss it into the back of the car without a second > thought. It's like having a pretty and talented daughter whom I favor > over a troublesome stepson who will never amount to much. I just hope > my Dell doesn't have feelings... Strange, I'm less extreme but in some ways opposite for opposite reasons -- I don't take special care with the iBook, but tend to baby the company's Smelly Dell because I'm afraid it will break. The iBook just feels like it can handle whatever gets thrown at it. BTW, e.mkeene, your msg that started this thread was one great piece of writing! -- Larry Kollar k o l l a r @ a l l t e l . n e t "The hardest part of all this is the part that requires thinking." -- Paul Tyson, on xml-doc