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>>nice new machine with 64Mb ram dual processors and win NT installed just >>to run 3DS MAX Well, if you're running ACAD r13, then why run it under Win95 when you already have the NT version (since ACADr13 ships w/ ALL Intel platform versions together)? The only reason for Win95's existence is to ease, esp w/ the myriad of home users, the transition to NT by providing a platform that is designed to provide the greatest compatibility w/ legacy apps. Right now, I have DOS and Windows (okay, and NT, but ignore that for a minute) on my machine. I have a lot of programs that were designed to run under DOS (some of which also have Win versions, but don't necessarily perform as well), and a bunch of software that runs only under Windows. I have to jump back and forth a lot. I don't like to, but If I want to use these particular apps (which is the whole point, right?), then so be it. Now, DOS programs are beginning to disappear, and NT programs are popping up (PhotoShop, Freehand, ACAD, 3DS, etc). So now, it looks like I'll be keeping DOS for a _while_, but then I'll have to dump it, and jump back and forth between NT and Win3.11/Win95 — until my old Win apps have all made the next transition. There's just NO way to both keep using both old software and new in one OS on one machine. Microsoft could have just said, "Hey, we're discontinuing Windows and everyone will have to move to NT _now_. Period." It sure would have been a LOT easier for them. But that would have caused problems, too. Win95 is a transitional platform, and for users of serious apps (I suppose I mean heavy-duty mission-critical apps, like ACAD and 3DS for achitects, engineers and animators [and Photoshop & Freehand for commercial design shops & the like]) I don't really see that it makes a lot of sense to bother with the inbetween, financially. The best performance will be in the target platform, not the interim. And, I figure, if a casual user can handle the $7,000 for ACAD & 3DS, then they can surely foot a few more bucks for a setup that can handle them. Dave