> 3DSMAX works it's best with NT 4 and NT 5(win 2000), however, it does work with a few limitations in regular windows( no network rendering for example) and i heard from someone who probably knows what he says that 3DSMAX does NOT work in win XP however i will probably never test it because i'm not interested in XP(supposed to be a hybrid between win ME and NT 5, but in essence things from ME AND NT can't seem to work with it).
> Now 'bout other programs: lightwave can work with non-NT win
> and probably with NT also,
> but Maya ONLY works on NT machines.

I don't know how well you you're entrenched into 3D, but you're making scrambled eggs here...

For LEGAL versions of 3dsmax, these are the following rules :

-3dsmax 2.x only works on NT4(certified)

-3dsmax 3.x works on both NT4(certified) and win2000 (certified) and it kinda works on W98/ME (not certified) Using it in combo winXP is asking for trouble...

-3dsmax 4.x works with win2000(certified) and XP pro(not yet certified)

W98/ME and XP home do not support multithreaded systems, hence it is pointless to have a dual cpu system with those OS'es.

As usual , if it ain't legal, you're on your own... :rolleyes: