Thanks LOTR,

Sounds like we have similarities - I do a lot of Video, transcoding etc.. - & also run Windows boxen (I just don't do the Vid stuff or run Limeware there).

I'd agree on "System Crashes', 'tho.... I've only even *seen* 'Kernel Panics'/'Freezes' in OS X a few times in recent years - every time, it was a 'misbehaving'/badly-written Game or some OS-Hardware-Firmware weirdness, usually during a System upgrade/similar. - And every 'freeze' I've been able to get out of - thus far - even if the KBD wasn't responding simply by SSH/Telnet-ing to the box and killing problem processes.

But thanks for the tip - as I said, you saved me a LOT of time & frustration (I don't do 'frustrated' well ... *g*).

Thanks again.