> I have a 500 mghz iBook dual USB. It's currently running 10.2.6. > 1) Has Apple solved the early issues with 10.2.8? The only substantial, documented problems with the earler version of 10.2.8 affected one aspect of a specific model: the 10Base-T connection on the Power Macintosh G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) with dual-450MHz or dual-500MHz processors. There were scattered reports of other problems, but there are almost always scattered reports of other problems, and they're not necessarily due to a problem with the update. BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net