Hey I know the feeling. I almost had the wife convinced to let me get a Dell, so I could pay $35 a month for 4 years (ouch). Then she mentioned there would be no money for any other computer stuff. Then I mentioned Poser 5, and the conversation stopped. So I'll save my pennies for Poser 5, and hope my lowly Intel Celeron 533 mhz with 512MB of RAM doesn't choke to death.