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Just as a footnote to this thread and in general, I think people should consider something. I work on a Quantel Paintbox at my job. This is a professional paint system that programs like Alpha Paint & Toaster Paint are based upon. This technology is hardware dedicated, so the system that I'm working on can't really be updated the way software is. Its remained unchanged for years, yet it is a workhorse in the industry. Also, Amiga users have become "spoiled" by the ease of upgradability both in processor & system compoents. We've become accustomed to the everchanging growth that is seen so often in computer software/hardware. Just because we can't buy an Amiga 5000 or see as much development in software as we have in the past, doesn't mean our current set up has just become useless. My point is that the fact that my paintbox hasn't changed in years hasn't really hampered my work any more than one using the same fan brush on a painting. In many applications this point may be mute. As far as in paint and animation, I've become accustomed to a situation thats very similar to the Amiga community. I remember LW 3.0 came out, all you saw were lens flares all over the place. Alot of people tend to play w/ the new buttons than explore their creativity with the tools at hand. I think this situation will allow us to explore our creative uses of this technology. So get the NT workstations, or Pentium system. Use those systems to keep yourself up to date in speed & software. But don't forget the functionality of your old Amiga CyberCruising at ya from Brooklyn, NY on Autopilot, —Archie