Wanna know another thing...Just recently this summer I dropped out of college to work on Maya full time. I was in California then..I got back up here to Washington on my old house around early late August. And since then, all i do is Maya all day...I wake up to work on Maya, pass out working on Maya, and Maya again when I wake up from that black out...

I only have 3 books, very basic:
Maya 4 Fundamentals
Maya 4.5 Savvy (im hating this right now, some parts of it arent working right)
Maya 5 Visual Quickstart guide..

Hhehehe..Nice to know someone doing almost what I do

And btw, you have a Mac?? I want one too! How much was your Mac?