Thanks for the answers! :dave -> "On my latest hardware, OSX is brisk and responsive, " what is your latest hardware? Only to compare it with the Powerbook 550 I like to buy. "but I do have them running critical stuff 24/7, and they are just humming along. " That's also the way I like Linux to use - as a Server. "do you want less hassle, and don¹t really care what's under the hood, " I prefer to work mainly in one system. And if OSX give's you more or less the same as Linux... : thiemo ->sorry, I didn't mean PW but PB (Powerbook) " OS X seems to me more complicated with respect to making settings by the shell " the settings aren't safed in config -files and can be edited easily ?? -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net