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SGI's are not hardware compatible with PC's. However, the Indy can emulate Windows. If you are looking at that level of power you should consider looking into NT systems. The Cobra 275 is an awesome computer. You can pick one up fully loaded, including Real 3D and a morphing program, for under $10,000. The Cobra is considerably faster than an R4600-based Indy. There is also a product called the Shablamm, which plugs into a PC slot and contains the same processor as the Indy. With 32 megs of RAM they run around $4,000. The Shablamm is a fairly painless way of adding decent rendering power for little cost. I've heard that 3DS will supposedly be ported to NT. Newtek already has ScreamerNet available for NT and Lightwave on the way. I personally think NT will be the next SGI. By the way, IMHO means In My Humble Opinion.