I can't say what the configuration is, but my Windoze using mate does stuff like that. And I stick with OS X.6.8 to run Canvas n Eudora n some other things. :) I'm not fond of Windows -- never used it beyond a bit of email and browsing from time to time -- but I get sick and tired of the hyperbole surrounding Apple. Remember how long it took Nisus to come out with NWE? Was this the mighty Cocoa at work? Yes it was -- and the mighty Apple with an OS that was more like jelly than a concrete foundation. I was looking at the latest Samsung android tablet this morning for a mate of mine. I was astonished to see the battery capacity -- roughly the same as that of my 2010 MBP 15". Pretty good. Al;l the otherf specs looked pretty good too. Cheers, geoff At 11:43 PM -0700 14/6/12, Julian Gomez wrote: >On Jun 14, 2012, at 23:12 , Geoffrey Heard wrote: > >> At 2:09 PM +1000 13/6/12, Brian Ferguson wrote: >>> Some may not have been advised that this new OS will be available >>>from July for the grand cost of AUD19.99 from the Mac App Store. I >>>wonder what Windows OS costs now. >>> >>> <http://www.apple.com/osx/?sr=hotnews.rss> >>> >>> It appears as if the Mac version is integrated with iPad and iPhone. >> >> The overall cost of Windows OS is lower because it has great >>backwards compatibility. I have been reliably informed that that >>the current Windows OS will run apps your grandfather (well not >>yours, perhaps, Brian, or mine either, but you know . . . ) used >>back when God's dog was a pup. > >What's the exact configuration for that? I was never able to get Win >98 apps to run on Win XP, even though it was advertised as a >supported capability. Haven't bothered with Windoze since then. > >> >> But with OS X . . . >> >> Oh dear, i remember the days when we used to boast about the >>backward compatibility of Mac OS and laugh at Windoze users. :( >> >> Cheers, geoff > >-- >"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese." > >Dr. Julian Gomez ** http://www.polished-pixels.com ** twitter:3Dscientist