Agree totally on the way Poser should have been structured. This is exactly the lesson DAZ should be learning- that by making DAZ Studio modularized they can offer different parts to different people. I for one would dearly LOVE a totally kick-ass 64 bit renderer because I'm a Photoshop hifg-rez still image maker. I have no use for animation, except as website eye-candy. But obviously for others, animation and post work in software like Premiere is the most important thing, etc. If DAZ Studio tries to be an all-in-one Swiss Army Knife they will never make everybody happy. From what I've read, AMD got lots of bad press when their 32 bit processors generated lots of excess heat, and Intel as well put big pressure on Dell, etc to try an inforce a "no buy AMD" policy. But like you said, eMachines and others like Alienware are selling tons of Athlon 64 series machines (which also run much cooler than the 32 bit chips do) and people like Dell and others in the Intel camp are reportedly getting really nervous about the rapid inroads AMD is making among the influential gamer-power-user community. These are trendsetters and reports of good Athlon 64 experiences are affecting lots of new buyers- including people like me. I'm ready to switch from Intel to AMD- something I would never have considered 6 months ago.