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Jim has offered to send you literature on the Max and you can info on the PAR from Greg Pyros. I agree with Jim that there is room for both systems depending on your application. I have a PAR but would certainly consider the MAX depending on your needs and requirements. The PAR is about half the price but won't ultimately have all the advantages of the MAX which has yet to be released. If you don't think you'll need to get into video editing or the potential higher quality of field recording the PAR is a great machine. The MAX with the Illuminator Pro (not Animator Pro… Jim got confused here, <g>) will have many other possibilities including non-linear editing. Suffice it to say both systems are good it will mostly depend on your budget and long term objectives. For someone just interested in doing animation the PAR is more than adequate. If you've got the budget and can justify the additional expense of the MAX, which also requires an EISA motherboard BTW, you'd be glad to have that system as well. I don't think there's really a need for posturing. While the MAX has yet to be released preliminary observations look very good. The point being, for once you have two excellent choices and it will depend on your needs and budget which you choose to go with. -JE