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John, a minimal setup would include 4megs ram, 386/25 although any 386 without a math co-processor will afford outrageous rendering times, and at least 250megs of HD space. There are so many graphics cards to choose from that you would pretty much have to decide what you will be using 3DS for, before making a purchase. 1024×786 display would be preffereable, as would 24 bit color (hi-color, 16.7mil colors, etc…), since you can render at any resolution, and targa files, the picture format of choice, comes in 24-bit and 24+alph channel. Also, four megs of RAM really keeps things bottled up swapping to disk during rendering, so 16megs is getting closer to the mark. Good rule of thumb: the more you got (mem, HD), the more 3DS will use. And don't forget to buy a graphics card with a useable driver for 3D Studio. ^.^ jt