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Unfortunately, Spotlight can't "see inside" many programs other than Apple's, although that will change as software companies upgrade their wares. You can also save a Spotlight search as a "smart folder," a self-updating folder that always contains stuff that matches certain criteria - for example, all documents created in the last week containing the phrase "wombat mating habits." It's all organized neatly by category a quick click or keystroke opens the item you want. So if you hit Command-Space and type "Schw," the list shows every message Arnold Schwarzenegger sent to you by e-mail, every appointment you've got with him and, of course, his address book entry.

Out of the box, for example, tapping Command and the space bar highlights the Spotlight box. Why burrow around in folders when you can open any file or program with a couple of keystrokes? It's an enhancement that's so deep, convenient and powerful, it threatens to reduce the 20-year-old Mac/Windows system of nested folders to irrelevance. It lists every file, folder, program, e-mail message, address book or calendar entry, photograph, PDF document and even font that contains what you typed, regardless of its name or folder location. As you type into the Spotlight box in your menu bar, a tidy menu instantly drops down. The most important is Spotlight, which is like Google for your hard drive. Still, there are a few humdingers in that list. Will anyone upgrade to Tiger because, for example, "you can easily find any glyph by typing its Unicode ID"? Not all of them are, ahem, likely to set off a mass exodus to the Macintosh. Apple's Tiger Web site lists over 200 new features.