Surely resources could be better allocated? On my old Mac under 9.2 I can tell it to use "this" much memory for each of my graphics-hogging programs (I haven't figured out how to set this on the new Mac under 10.3 yet). Wouldn't servers be more advanced than computers, so that different tasks get priority? Isn't a server something like a delegator, making assignments where needed? Also, if there is a "server farm", why would a slowdown in one machine cause the entire farm to drown? (My mental image is of a fen with a bunch of dikes and gates keeping the water flowing along desired routes.) Carolly