Thanks, Lisa. Two follow-up questions: 1. how fast is it? (do you use any heavy-duty XPL programs that take a noticeable time to run?) 2. What means do you use to convert from Xy to Word?Xy4 Dos in Dosbox on the Macbook works without problems for me. Two caveats: 1) this is a back-up and travel computer used primarily for online activity and rarely for daily work; and 2) everything I need to print, I open as a file in Word and convert.Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx