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thanks again for all the info... and yes, i did mean "XP home SR3", which is the 32-bit version... and well, for now, a laptop with 4 gigs of ram in it is all i can afford, that's why i wanna make sure that everything works properly WITH Poser, as Poser is my livelihood and, pretty much, this laptop's main reason to exist would be poser... i can do postwork and such in my other machines, but this laptop would live for Poser 6 (for now) alone... so, anything i can do to run it properly in said system, works for me.

Windows7... far as I understand, Microsoft makes each new OS to consume more resources than its previous incarnations.... is windows7 the exception?? does it use less resources than Vista?

and well, honestly, if i can avoid Vista, i wanna do it,  as the few times i tried it in other people's computers, i found it clunky and a seriously bad copy of mac's OSX... just my personal opinion, no offense to anyone who happens to love the system...

again, thanks for all the info and debate... i still have like a month away to make the purchase, so any additional info is appreciated...

EDIT: this is the machine i am considering... it does say that for the 4 gigs of ram i need a 64-bit OS... maybe i should opt for XP-64??

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4912831&CatId=3444