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Sounds like like you've got a great handle on this stuff, Mark. Sheesh, you sounded so knowledgable, I thought you were a veteran of this industry that was swallowing a little too much SGI hype, so sorry about sounding like you should have known better. Like MartinF has said, if the quality of the hardware rendering is acceptable for an application, then so be it. But the overwhelming majority of finished production 3D work is (at least) phong-rendered, and takes MUCH longer, no matter what you are using. Renderman is the best, but other worthy renderers such as Wavefront's and 3DS's are used, too. Re RAM requirements, I'd suspect that 128mb will be needed for medium-sized jobs with MAX, more for the larger ones. Hey, we're all on the same learning curve, here, Mark. I'm learning every day just like everyone else here. And this forum is a great place to keep learning! Have fun, -Alan