Yea! Congrats on the Mac! ^^ Good programs I use on the Mac are: Poser 6, Vue 6, Wardrobe Wizard 2, Blacksmith3D, UvMapper OSX, Modo 1, Hexagon 2, ZBrush 2. Photoshop Elements. That pretty much covers mostly everything I need for 3D. My only wishes are for UvMapper Pro in OSX, and for Zbrush to hurry up and release Zbrush 3 for the Mac. >< On an Intel Mac, you can add XP and/or Vista, and boot-up they programs. A free app from Apple let's you do it, BootCamp. If you want to run XP or Vista programs without rebooting, there are several app you can buy for that. Anyhoo, have fun! ^^ If you have questions, just ask. bB