Theodore, you're probably correct in your assessment. In checking the specs it looks like it is as fast as a hard drive but you save the seek time. So it may help a little. I will give it a try as soon as I feel a little better. Again I apologize for being so slow but I just can't go any faster. I will let you know.

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I just tested the USB Flash HD and it is slower than my regular 7200 rpm 8 mb Cache HDs. So at some future date I will try the heavy duty stuff....once it arrives at our local computer store. In the mean time things are working fairly well on my system...and for most things even the loading of Bandstand is fast enough. If you preload the instruments you know you are going to use, e.g., Drums, pianos and so on then I suspect all loading time issues are resolved.




[This message has been edited by Frank L. Rosenthal (edited 12-07-2005).]