well, it seems that most stuff is ok, although I've been mainly using Poser lately... Rendering isn't all that bad...its loading figures, textures and stuff that is way slow... it is almost like the program is locked, but it will eventually clear out if I wait long enough..and I'm talking 5-10 minutes.

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together.
All things connect......Chief Seattle, 1854