yeah, price. for what you get, that is...i can't drop $2000 on a new system. but yeah, it all depends on what you do with your system. in my case, i can just run torrents on another machine, but i think at this point i am spoiled because i had a 100% working Tiger installation. so for me, Leopard is almost a down-grade :\ I've been joking with a friend that it's time to go back to Tiger...but like I said, I am holding out with hopes that we'll find some solutions soon.