If you're doing animations, you'll definitely want to use multiple machines as a render farm. Vue comes with a license for a 5 machine render farm. Render speed? Like bos says, lo-res images with simple lighting render in seconds, hi-res images with complex lighting (volumetrics, soft shadows) can take many hours or even days (if you use Bryce it can be weeks!) For animations, you probably don't need the highest quality Vue can deliver.

The pen is mightier than the sword. But if you literally want to have some impact, use a typewriter

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