and I want to ask you something else. How much do you pay for your MAP subscription and how much is Win2k3 server really costing you? See, I dont believe one moment that Win2k3 server is cheaper than $295 in any license construction. Ive worked for companies that had volume licenses and trust me, that doesnt make any single product 90% cheaper. So in the end you will always pay more than a workstation. I also dont assume that any Vue users at home are in the possession of these volume licenses, I mean, who is running hundreds of clients.... The only time when you render on a server is if you; a) are a company that has a dedicated server for rendering only. b) Youre a user who has a small network in a non-production environment and want to use the extra speed that the server has to offer. Assume that you dont have the MAP license (never heard of it btw) and that you want to render using 10 win2k3 servers (all single processor). You would pay 10 x $1,200 = $12,000 for licenses. The license on win2000 workstations would cost you 10 x $295 = $2,950 In that casing youre saving $9,000 and you can make every machine a dual Pentium. Now my question for you is; what runs faster? 10 win2k3 SINGLE processor servers or 10 Win2000 DUAL processor workstations. Get the point? Or instead of making all workstation dual processor, you decide to add 3-4 extra workstations for the $9,000 that you saved. I think it will be no surprise that 14 win2000 workstations run faster than 10 win2k3 servers. Lets say that license for win2k3 is a lot cheaper. Im being reasonable and I lower the price to $595. In that case you would still have to pay $3,000 more than the 10 win2000 licenses. For that $3,000 you can make 3 Win2000 machines a dual Pentium. Which runs faster? 10 win2k3 single processor servers or 10 win2000 workstations of which 3 have a dual processor? Again, get the point? I have taken the time to come up with lots of arguments that are based on the plain reality and that gives me the right to say: Try to look up what flaming means next time before you start accusing someone!! Btw, I use Windows XP Pro ;-)