Re: Refurbished Macs, most of them are Intel-based now. Oddly enough the PowerPC-based Macs tend to be higher priced, even refurbished.
Re: NeoOffice, it seems to work quite well. Don't forget to apply the latest patch. Microsoft has an "Office Trial" for Mac which is a free download. I believe it can be used as a viewer for once-in-a-blue-moon Microsoft format file NeoOffice cannot open, even if you don't buy Office, although check the license T&Cs on that. (Office Trial comes with Mac OS X, so that's why I think that.) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

