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Andy, >> With 50+ or so rendering machines available, a large project that has to go on video tape could be done in much less time than most users could do on their own << most animations aren't particularly long. Maybe 5 to 10 seconds being typical. The scenes typically aren't that intense – I'd guess most people are rendering frames in less than 15 minutes. Most users can handle that with 2 or 3 Pentiums overnight. If the animation was much longer then you should be able to charge enough to cover the expense of getting a couple more boxes. I'm not saying you wouldn't get some people interested but I wouldn't bank on it. Just don't make it your main source of business – at best it might add a little "gravy".