Hi Folks,

I've had my main PC for about four years, it has run extremely well but the time has come to update and order a new one. Last time I used a local company to build me a custom one, they did a great job so I'm using them again. Placed the order last Monday.

Came home and would you know it my graphics card went out. I could hear it booting up but black screen. Swapped monitors etc but nada, it was definitely the card. Problem was that I had no other monitor connection. Dug around in an old box of bits and pulled out a card with just a serial port on it, no idea how old it was but managed to get it to work using baling wire and ducktape.

However that just gave me enough output for a 1024 x 768 monitor and no graphics acceleration. The new computer is expected to take a week to ten days to arrive. Bummer :(

On the other side of my desk is a Mac with a large screen, I only use it for product testing. I hate Macs. I've modeled in Truespace for 15 years, it will not work on a Mac. Did not want to purchase Cinema 4D, does Blender work on a Mac? Dunno, went to look. Oh my it does, OK so let's give it a go.

So after a few days of RTFM and on line tutorials, I'm still a little clunky but you know what? When the new PC gets here the first thing I'm going to load on it is Blender :)