Well gang...about to embark on this path as well. Am looking at moving up to an HP. they call it a media center, AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 5000+ w/ 20" screen, 3 G Ram,etc. , plus am also adding an external 500G drive to use tween both machines[ new one and current e machine] so thanx for the NTFS tip Analog-X64**.** Hopefully when this is done I'll be able to actually finish a Bryce render and join you fine folks in some of the challenges. Oddly enough my machine seemed to render TG2 just fine but always choked on Bryce...sigh...we can't have that now can we..

 

Once in a while I look around,
I see a sound
and try to write it down
Sometimes they come out very soft
Tinkling light sound
The Sun comes up again