Thanks Clint. I got turned on to NT about 4 years ago and never looked back. I am not a big gamer and if I buy a game, it will have to work in NT or it is no dice. I just love the stability that I get with the OS even though it has it share of bugs as well, most of them have been addressed with the service packs. NT is a workhorse but these are things that I am sure you already know. Now that I am moving up in the world, I am looking at IRIX 6.5 I hear that is an awesome OS for graphics and soon I will have upgraded to Lightwave 6. I have been doing a lot of reading at SGI's website on 6.5 and many professionals swear by it. Maybe next year I'll be able to afford the OS but right now, I am thinking about upgrading to either a dual Xeon or waiting until the P4 Willamat(sp?) is released. I really want to be a professional artist and I will do anything that gives me even a slight edge over my competition.