Marianne,what is the bucket? The system cache? [no manual RAM allocation per app on OSX, right?] OKAY richardson, that is TIGHT! (i have a teenager). That is the 2400, not the 3400??? Must be the RAM. Or the Win2K. Anything special about your RAM modules? What is their spec? [i am serious, if i can cut render times in half, i am shopping, right now.] ::::: Opera ::::: OT P.S. i used to really like BBEDit for html when I was webmastering on Mac, now use EditPlus on PC.