Barry, Probably one of the most inexpensive and fun programs of the lot is Inspiration. Get a free demo at www.inspiration.com It is about 60 bucks retail. While not as sophisticated, it is just as functional as Mindmap (or whatever the program is that Al Gore throws up on his monster size multiple apple monitors in "An Inconvenient Truth" That one costs about 200 bucks. BTW, I wonder if Steve Jobs gave all that equipment to Al so that he could use him for the I-phone plug at MacWorld, but I digress. Best wishes, Joe Nolan --- MUGLO information at <http://www.freewebs.com/muglo> Manage your account options at <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi>