In a message dated 10/7/08 4:58:13 PM, [email protected] writes: > The  reason the Apple Store told me NOT to  > install it was due to the fact  that AOL loads so much stuff onto your  > computer that you don't need  and it takes up space and slows down your   > computer. > I am a long-time AOL user (over 14 years), and I have owned MACs the entire time. However, my family members are PC users. I have seen what AOL does to PCs...it seems to download "stuff" onto their PCs every time they sign off. And they have all complained about this junk slowing their computers down. I think that's true for PCs. However, AOL seems not to download stuff to MACs. I have never noticed it, nor have I had any problems with AOL slowing my MACs down. Re: your email addresses - We have had two dial-up AOL accounts, as dial-up acess was all that was available to us, and more than one person cannot get online on one AOL dial-up account. DSL became available to us in August, so I cancelled one AOL account. I can still use AOL web mail to get to the addresses on the cancelled account. I kept the other account just for convenience; AOL is pretty user-friendly, and I'm used to it. I don't particuarly care for webmail. You need pay only $9.95 a month for an AOL account without phone technical support, I believe, which you should not need if you aren't using dial-up. Carol ************** New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)