consider yourself blessed that you even have a computer.

Well, things get complicated with just one computer but I suppose it's still better than nothing.

You've always got my computer if you need it ;3 I know it's a bit of a pain sending everything to me though.

That's exactly what happened to me too.
Except that I sent that damn thing to repairs and it broke down a week after it returned again.

Do you just need basic Max 2009 with mental ray? If so, I've wondered for awhile if I can add some grunt power...

Thanks for offering help, but I should be able to get this done with just one computer. To open my scenes you would need 3ds max 9 (mental ray) and CAT character animation tool. (latest version) + huge pile of textures etc, which are spread over few hds and in many different folders. It would takes ages to find them all and put together.

Yeah yeah, I'm not very organized. >_<

But when I start my "big project" I will definitely need a lot of rendering help. (I'll try to keep things organized then. :) )