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- I can't run everything I need on a mac (would also have to buy new software) - I am just waiting to meet a nice young woman with a Mac... you know, as an intern. Then I can evaluate how much of my stuff I can "run" on her system.

- Solid state RAM would definitely be a holy grail, but I keep seeing posts re problems cropping up on zdnet and other sites. To me, the hardware is just a platform to run my data thru software... my data are much more valuable than either.

- Will 8 Gbyte of memory speed things up much? I noted the 4G and the (now) low price for these chips.