>Thank you. I have no idea how to do this. Loading a program which uses half your memory is your harddrive memory. The speed at which your program can operate for you is regulated by the processor speed and RAM memory. Basically the computer needs RAM to carry out the functions you want it to do, not the storage part. The first thing to do is go to the apple menu on the top left of your desktop, click and hold to show the dropdown menu and choose "about this Mac". This should show a small box that will say the operating system, version, processor speed, and then memory. Under that will be a link choice that says "more info". Click this and a list will appear, and on the left side will be a choice for memory. Open this and it will show how many banks of memory you have, and how much is in each bank. Let us know all that info and someone can help determine your next step. 1. Processor speed 2. Memory 3. memory bank use. ...Doug --- MUGLO information at <http://www.freewebs.com/muglo> Manage list subscription options at <//www.freelists.org/list/muglo>