Andrew: I know what you mean but for a fairly default install Zend Core is fast to put in. I can happily install web servers myself but especially when I’m working with Zend Platform for a generic PHP install, its easiest just to ask Zend Platform to install Zend Core as part of its installation. I’m using this for a lot of different development environments on virtual machines on my laptop rather than anything more real or visible and it works pretty well (apart from obviously it hides some of the stuff I’d usually expect to see!)