I dunno about the 4.5 PLE comming out, I did ask Stephanie at AW and she said then (Sept) that it was early days yet since they are more obviously interested in selling commercial versions.

I have set up my Mac with Jaguar at the weekend and am itching to get using Maya on it. I don't know what it is about Macs and OSX but I have a faster PC but I prefer using my Dual 500 Mac.

I can wait to get my mits on version 4.5 for the Mac. I'll keep you posted about the dual 867 machine though... I think it is the best value Mac when you consider that the dual 1.25ghz machine is only 383mhz faster which is 1.44 times faster its not really alot... I only think you know the difference when the machine is twice as fast or faster. More important is a FAST graphics card like the Geforce Titanium thingy although expensive!