Hello everyone - interesting thread - I have been with my girlfriend for about six years now - we met about a week after I moved to New York in 1999. We were both oil painters and then about nine months ago she took a part time course in maya. A couple of months later she had me hooked. So I put down the paintbrush, we bought a computer, a copy of maya 6.5 and we haven't looked back since. The only thing we argue about is who is using the PC - so now I am looking for a laptop...