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["Marco Serantoni" <marco.serantoni@...>]

> If I recall correctly, the wxMAC support can only have one wxDC active 
> at any time, because any active wxDC object is claiming a single 
> underlying graphics context resource.
> And, this seems to have been a design decision in later versions of wxDC 
> as I recall. Might not have always been this way.

This is partially correct with the current implementation, i've experiencedthat there are no great problems if the parent wxDC comprise the area of the sibling one.
Anyway we are near wx2.9 implementation that comprise a complete rewrite ofthe graphics routines for OSX.

> Like you, getting a hold of a contemporary MAC seems pricey. It was 3 
> times the price of an equivalent HP when I check last weekend.
> They are not on my shopping list.
I've understood that ;))
Consider that have an OS that doesn't fight with your HW from a site and having Office tools with a shell handly from the other site, becomes highly addictive.