> no region crack for the DVD drive so it's permanently stuck on region 1 Can't it be changed 5 times ? I seem to remember seeing that when I first popped a DV

> no region crack for the DVD drive so it's permanently stuck on region 1 Can't it be changed 5 times ? I seem to remember seeing that when I first popped a DVD into the MacBook, and was asked to set region. A DVD which, incidentally, I was going to use RipIt on (http://thelittleappfactory.com/ripit/ http://thelittleappfactory.com/ripit/ - I'm pleased with it, might work for you). Keeping up with the silly tricks to annoy honest buyers seems to require buying commercial apps. Fine, I'll just buy one less DVD to pay for the app ... (P.S. Another "smart" idea is small-kid's games that cost 10 bucks, in copy-protected-play-in-drive-CDs, to fend off those well known penniless pirates and thieves, the parents-of-small-kids. The first I bought was the last - I wanted to use the ISO in an old laptop with a bad drive ...)