Trust me, my CD collection is pretty paltry compared to others. I haven't spent thousands of dollars on CD, and I frankly don't ever plan to. But every now and then I pick up a new one of somebody that I like or heard that sounds good. I've thought about doing the XM thing, but I don't like the idea of the monthly cost. I avoid monthly payments or subscriptions wherever I can. You are smart to not have spent a lot of money on CDs. I didn't either when I was probably about your age. In fact I was pretty tight fisted when I was in high school.

I'm not one of these blind Mac users which will espouse that we have a superior interface, but if you grow up with a 1 button mouse that is what you use and you learn keyboard shortcuts and other ways of accomplishing the same tasks without the mouse. However, Apple implemented contextual menus in the last versions of System 8 and it has continued through into OS10. With a single button mouse you have to control-click for a context menu, but it works the same as on Windows. If you purchase a 3rd party mouse it will have the right button and a scroll wheel and the buttons function as expected with right click bringing up a context menu. Since schools don't ever purchase custom or aftermarket peripherals, especially no more expensive mice, the items built into the interface go unused because Apple continues to choose not to provide a right button on their mouse. I don't understand why.

I've used a Kensington TurboRing trackball for years. One of the best pointing devices I've ever used and I have really learned to love the right click functionality it provides. But sitting down at my Dad's G4 and not having it doesn't bother me either. I'm rather keyboard oriented after all of these years.

I put my frequently used apps in the task bar at the bottom of the screen. That is what it is there for. Makes getting around a lot easier, plus when an app is running it should be in the task bar to click on. As for the fixed menu bar, I prefer it that way. I have never liked having a separate menu bar for each window instance of an application. Seems really wasteful of screen real estate and system resources to be creating menu bars on each window rather than having one menu bar at the top of the screen which changes from app to app. When using multiple applications, I have never expected, say for the menu bar to be the same between Explorer and Word. I expect it to change based on the application I'm in.

I wonder if anyone else has played around to get CDText working with their Prii?

It has been said:
Hybrid drivers come in 3 flavors, greenie, techie and cheapie. Pick any 2.
2005 Prius, Melinium Silver over gray, package 5 (AI)