Peeter writes: : I know a guy who has one multicore (non-intel) G5 for running PhotoShop, : the other for scanning and retouching (together with a huge lighttable) : and a rapid iMac for communications. : I reckon he listens to his records with a separate record-player. sounds like my setup, all with different hardware appropriate for each application :) 2 for games, 1 for audio & video ripping/editing 1 for imageing 1 for scanning / printing 1 dedicated to downloading i'm currently knocking one together for file storage / backups but I'm undecided whether I should maybe at to and use the scanning machine for this purpose.. oh, and the media center, the 'testbed' for software - the firewall has been temporarily retired.. a personal laptopn or 4. 5 different operating systems gawd.. isn't modern technology wonderful ;) k