Anne Wilson wrote: > I know those concerns, only too well :-) This laptop is 4.5 years old, > and wasn't state-of-the-art when I bought it. It has ATi Mobility Radeon > X600 graphics , so it's little short of amazing that I can use desktop > effects at all, but I carefully use only the minimum of effects, and > temporarily disable them if watching video, for instance. That thing is more than enough for desktop effects. Even the most basic Radeon 7000 should be sufficient. Kevin Kofler