Aloha everyone, I don't want to stray too far off topic (my usual statement before I do exactly that!) but every time I read something like this I am glad I left Windows for Linux decades ago and I am more and more glad every day. I know some major applications are Windows only and if they are critical to your work, you have no choice. As a (very) small-time typesetter and publisher, I for one thing can't use Adobe InDesign on my Linux systems, and that's an essential tool in larger operations. (I typeset with LaTeX which would be far too slow for busy houses, although Scribus is more and more an option. InDesign is also kind of expensive!) But Xy2,3,4 all run wonderfully on Linux with DOSbox and even better with DOSbox-X, and there are more and more freeware tools to help with my work. So I do have everything I need :) Bob Newell Honolulu