"Win XP, ME, 98 etc. are all inherently unstable compared to OS X" Mateo, gonna disagree slightly on this, as it is too broad a generalization. Windows 2000+ (inclusive of XP) is equally stable to Unix on any given identical component system, and OSX is Unix. Prettier, cleaner, and, of course, more polite, but still Unix. OS/2 Warp possess the exact same stability. BeOS 5 does as well. They, unfortunately, only seem to be running on my poor little boxes here. "provided the OS X system has been checked for any hardware conflicts, bad kernel extensions and other problems that cause instability in OS X..." Hmmmm.... That's exactly the same thing that causes instability in any computer system. ;) sorry. Had to point it out.

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)