...>My personal views on the future of the Mac OS aside, I will limit myself to >saying that getting an image processing program for the IBM that is >equivalent to NIH-Image (Freeware) will cost you easily five figures (well, >unless you run NIH-Image in Mac OS emulation mode on the IBM). >Charles Thomas I agree NIH-Image is great and has a big user base but has anybody who has used both NIH Image and the Windows 95 based ImageTool feel like comparing the two. I have learned to appreciate Macs and I think they will be around for a long time but the bottom line is that even with academic pricing, you can get a more powerful PC (RAM/monitor/etc) than Mac for the same bucks. Thanks. Thomas E. Phillips, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Director, Molecular Cytology Core Facility 3 Tucker Hall University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211 (314)-882-4712 (voice) (314)-882-0123 (fax)