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Re 16 bit color, I used 16 bit color under w95 for a while, but screen updates were so much slower than with 8 bit color that I switched back to 8 bit. I would consider 16 bit color on this system to be a marketing checklist item rather than something actually useful. 8 bit color is good enough for what I usually do, though. Re heat: putting a pillow under your thinkpad seems like a bad idea. Pillows are usually made of insulating material that keeps heat from escaping, bringing your system even closer to meltdown. I use a Silicon Sports palmrest-gizmo that puts a stiff foam-covered layer between the thinkpad and your lap, and doesn't seem to cause as much heat buildup as a pillow (I had also tried a pillow for a while). I really like the Silicon Sports thing since the palmrest also makes typing more comfortable. I've mentioned this before but I really don't like the heat level current laptops run at. They seem to like cranking the clock speeds up to just short of meltdown. Then if process improvements cut the cpu power consumption at a given clock rate, rather than letting the chip run cooler, they crank up the clock some more. I'd much rather have a cool-running 100 mhz machine than a blistering hot 133 mhz machine.