However true this may be on a desktop machine, Powerbooks are a completely different matter. Powerbooks have two Reset key sequences, one for the software reboot that is mentioned above, and then a special key sequence for a near hardware reboot. I'm not sure exactly how it works, as it is a key sequence. For the Wallstreet, Lombard, and Pismo, this special hardware reset zaps the PRAM, as well as turns everything in the machine off, and starting the fan. It is a major reset, and you should learn to avoid it at all costs. The Keystroke is Fn-Ctrl-Shift-Power. Also, the reset button that MCC refers to is actually the power key. The reset button is a small one on the case of the machine that is a triangle. There is normally another button there as well, which is the programmers interrupt, giving you low level access to the machine, to debug it (Not for the Faint of Heart). However, this is getting too long, and too off topic... I think I'll start a node about Macintosh Keystroke commands sometime in the near future