Forgot to mention that i'm running Leopard.

i am now depressed

simplicity is where true beauty and creativity are found my friend..

Zen, what program are you using to display memory usage in the menu bar? I could really use an app like that

im pretty sure it's iStats menu...

this may be the stupidest question, but how do you make the hard drive icon disappear?

danrel: Its a small app called menumeters I never use a mac without it. never an issue. http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10451/menumeters mujako: Just go to the finder menu and select preferences. In the general tap of the preferences window there are check boxes for what type of drives (if any) you want to display on the DT.

istat menu is better with more features...http://www.islayer.com/index.php?op=item&id=28 ...there is also a widget