I would like her to have a more modern browser. And what if she wants a newer program down the line. Boom 512 meg ram and OS 10.2 is going on... Hard call. Either way I gotta re--build from the ground up. ----- Original Message ----- From: PEGGYG827@xxxxxxx To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 3:55 PM Subject: [CTS] Re: iMac group / help If it's only for internet and email then i would stick with 9.2, and just spend plenty of time teaching her how to use a browser and email software. I truly don't see why she would need 512 MB RAM.