Very impressed. I liked the chatty prose and the fact that the Quick Time didn't work (hey should I download a newer version ... seems like only yesterday ...). Can anybody spell MPEG? Or cross-platform? Once upon a time the best thing about a Mac, according to the zealots, was that it wasn't Unix. Now the best thing is that it is Unix, but in some late 80s identity crisis.

It makes me smile to see the golly gee prose that goes along with this ad. I feel the same way. I remember VERY well when graphic design involved sharp blades and blue line paper and when cutting and pasting was just that. I used to watch my uncle put together advertisements for slick magazines by painstakingly gluing handwritten letter after handwritten letter onto a paper with blue hach marks to get exactly the font he wanted. Same with pictures.

When I think of how I used to put together a study sheets before Xerox machines and laser printers. It would take all week-end.

On the other hand, I'd go back to slide shows in a fast second. I've seen more programs ruined by Powerpoint problems than I care to remember. Just this last week-end a presenter was left standing with nothing when his computer presentation went south. At least with a slide projector you have a fighting chance to change the bulb!

I've seen more presentations ruined by Powerpoint *running fine* than I care to remember, grumble...