Ack - I feel your pain. I hate it when I waste money on a product >_< . It's like buying a really cool action figure, and then having his arm fall off when you open the package. Poser 5 works for some, and for others it doesn't. On my machine it seems to render just fine - and you have a faster computer than I do, so I don't see what would be holding you up. Maybe Poser is 'bottle-necking' somewhere - It could just be another kink they're going to work out of the program. I don't think you've wasted your money though - it may seem like it right now, but give it a while. That's what I did, and the patch worked for me. Obviously they have more patching to do.