I may at some point. But I upgraded to 2010 x64 not so long ago, silly me , eh?

I'm very happy with it (but for the library window)

 Silly question: how can I use "crisp" if I have to remove filtering for my textures to show? Maybe studuing the links you provided will tell me.

At the moment, I am attempting something: trying to render architectural projects in POSER instead of 3DSMAX.

It may sound stupid and an heresy but Poser is much more user friendly (compare camera & light management, for example) and in my view, the render quality at least equivalent.