Well, true... they could hold the downloads up until DR says that they have all the boxes packed, individually labeled, and sitting in the loading-dock with trucks lined up at the gates reving their motors. They could, but it would be mean. Why make the downloaders wait an extra week or two if the data is ready? They get it first. People who get hardcopies get something solid with manual that they can put stickie-notes all over, folded quick-start cards, flyers with special offers, clean CDs... whatever they tuck inside the box... and a box to keep it all together. I've had computers die on me often enough that having the real CDs is far preferable to a download. Carolly