hmmm.. alright, you guys got me convinced... it will probably be faster and easier to just deal with Vista-64, than uninstalling it and then cope with all the doo-dahs of installing XP and trying to make sure everything works...

one more newbie-to-vista question, though... is Poser 6 (the one i have) gonna be reliable on it? pretty much, any software that can be installed on XP, can also be installed on Vista, no probs? Just wanting to make sure... thanks already x the guidance....