One thing to consider too, Eovia has announced that Carrara 2 will be released in June. So in less then two months we will have our hands on C2. If I were in your shoes I would consider that. I would also find out from Eovia that if you do by C1.1 now, will they give you a free upgrade to 2. Many companies that announce new versions do this. That being said, I have not had ggod success running C under OSX classic, but many in this group have. C2 will be fully optimized and run native in OSX supporting Multi-processing. Cheers PAG