Thanks, then I will go for the higher speed to start with, if he can manage that. I know that poser likes more ram, but if I do a big scene I usually render in bryce, so want to optimise for that. I must get round to tidying up my HD as well, simply because it needs doing. I have loads of redundant bryce files which take up a load of room. I have a habit of hitting the save as button when working on complicated scenes, so end up with duplicates omnce the ikage is finalised.

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