Well, I could think of worse places to be located, like, say, New Jersey. This is a joke, friends! I'm sure New Jersey has it's better places. Like any state or country, there's good and bad in each. But, I understand what you're saying. I think people by in large are resistant and resentful of people who are creative by their very nature. Anyway... I'm running CS on a PC and have had very few problems with lock-ups or crashes. Every once in a while I'll get them, but I'm not working with monster images, probably 18 or 20 meg at best. Maybe I'm just lucky. Or maybe I'm due for one really big one. I've looked at CS2, but quite frankly, I don't see all that much different that makes me want to make the investment. Maybe there's more to it that what I've seen, but the changes just aren't anything I need right now. Maybe I'll change my mind later, sort of like Illustrator!