Don't know about Vista - it seems so bloaty that I've started trying run more stuff with WINE on linux. If I can go completely windoze free I'll be happy, at the moment I use it Max and a couple of games, the games and bryce 5.01 run ok under WINE and I haven't tried Max as blender runs a dream.....

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Toolset: Blender, GIMP, Indigo Render, LuxRender, TopMod, Knotplot, Ivy Gen, Plant Studio.