Anssi, thanks, I sort of get what you are saying. The laptop's video card will be able to cope with the monitors resolution.....so, to put it simply....if I plug the monitor into the laptop, will the monitor automaticlly configure to its native resolution...or would I need to set it up each time? And out of interest is anybody regularly using this type of setup?...or will I probably find that I would simply work mostly on the lappie [my first one, and probably a 17"] Thanks, Stu

Hey mike!! I know this isnt a forum for guitars.... But Its nice to see someone with the same infinity as me... I have a 77 Gibson Les Paul standard with sunburst!!! Anyhow... nice program as well!!!

Dave, A vector EPS can be converted into DWG in Illustrator, and that can be inserted into SU. Using the right (free) plugins, the same feat ought to be possible in the free Ghostscript app too-I haven't tried it for a long time. Anssi

With SU, the division of work goes so that the CPU takes care of the vector stuff, and the video card of textures, shadows and the like. So in fact SU is very CPU-intensive. With other apps, it might be different. Video card performance generally only affects what you see on screen and how responsive your apps feel. Rendering to a file is typically done by the CPU only, the video is used to draw the user interface and preview windows etc. on the screen. As SU, like most modeling and CAD applications, is still unable to profit from multiple CPU-s, buying a new computer with a dual-core or multicore CPU is not a great way of enhancing SU performance. Many rendering applications, however, can split their tasks between multiple processor cores. Anssi