Yeah, but then you're still stuck owning a PC...

I don't understand why people don't get this... it isn't a matter of what's better or worse, it's simply a matter that the whole PC/Windoze/Microsoft world is just a different business model than the Mac world... in the PC world, you pay less up front for the hardware, but then you run crappy Microsoft software on there, and pay some guy to come every week and "maintain" your computers... and people STILL think they're cheaper. On the Mac side, you buy the machine for a little more, and then they just run and run for years with little or no maintenance... but people still whine that "they're more expensive" If they would only try. I've been using Macs since 1985, I've seen a lot of people convert from PC to Mac, but I've NEVER seen anyone go the other way.

Let me guess, Dave... you were the one PC guy in that whole Mac shop... so you probably had one guy to maintain that one PC, and one guy to maintain the other 40 Macs, right? That's usually about the right ratio.

Don't get me started on the Unix thing either... sure, Unix is cool, it's damn fast, it's stable, it works great, that's the reason Mac OSX has a Unix kernel. But, until now, you basically had to be a coding geek to use it effectively... OSX will bring it to the masses.

Back to the topic at hand... Andy, I'm pretty sure I have a copy of Photoshop Elements at home that you can have. I'll check tonight. It came with my scanner, and I don't use it, I use the full-blown version... which reminds me, Bruce, how about a "Beta" of Photoshop v7.0 for the Mac?? Or maybe you'd like to trade for a snowboard or two?

-N.