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As far as the GUI goes, yes, 3DS has a GUI, but it is not constantly working at the same time as a render is going on, as both System 7 does and PowerOpen will. 3DS runs directly from DOS and does not rely upon another constantly running program (unless you count DOS) for either graphical instructions or memory management, there is no way it couldn't be faster. 3DS has a GUI, but it doesn't run UNDER a GUI, and that is what makes the difference. I feel no particular kinship with Intel, and as a company I much prefer Motorola, but until something better that is not encumbered by an overlaying GUI comes along, 3D Studio is where it belongs. Personally, I wouldn't mind an Alpha version of 3DS, and a Plain-vanilla R4400 UNIX version wouldn;t hurt either, for that matter. If Intel ever dies, we would probably have to equate it to progress more than anything else (but of course Intel doesn't, and probably cannot, make a deal with a system manufacturer to build a machine around the chip like Motorola did; that would be like trying to make a deal with a whole orchard of Apples!).