Hi Deb, yes Apple is $$$ , but according to Orin, well worth it. Orin just scratches his head at all the problems I have over time with my Computer. I am on my 3rd one since 1998. My current Gateway is about 6 yrs old. It sounds like I have a CD in it just spinning away, loudly, all the time. It takes me 5 seconds or so to change a page, and that on a good day. It takes about 5 min's or more, to go from totally off, to getting connected to the Web. I think it's day's are numbered.... {:>(((