Erk, I think I won't be able to match you at all... I'm using an old 350 mhz G4 with a gig of ram. Still, it seems to be comparable to rendering time in OS9, and I was able to render a file with Stephanie, a Brycetech critter, AND some Kozaburo hair, with textures, without encountering an out of memory error. That's never happened before.