WHen I had PP, I could load up big huge scenes, three characters, loaded with wings which eat almost as much memory, play with it as much as I wanted and render. Less than 5 minutes usually for an enormous render-- I never went over 2500 though. Oh sure it would "get tired" occasionally usually after about two to three hours but rebooting solved the problem. Now, with P5 and 2.4G procesor, 2G memory, Plenty of swap space,I can do--on a good day-- 2 characters, as long as they are pre vICKI3-- load them up with clothing, some hair, not others, and some sets. One set--Very simple StoneMason's Archway-- wouldnot render under Fire Fly. Marforno sets, so far, do render. More than that I can not do. Put Michael3and Vicki 3 together in one picture-- no way. Maybe when I transfer my Poser to the new 3G Pentium but I doubt it. I doubt it very much. I like the program, I evne like FireFly-- hell, I'm ddicted to FireFly, but it remains clunky, buggy, and unstable. Sorry for the typos, bad arthritis night. Emily