Thank you all for a warm welcome. I look forward to sharing what i learn with those who might need it and I especially look forward to browsing through the free stuff and tutorials. :) Thanks again all. Phil.

Dell XPS M1730
Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 2.6Ghz
500GB (2x 250GB) RAID 1 Sata HDD
4GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTX SLI