I Gb RAM. Not sure how to find out what CS3 can utilize, could do a check if you tell me how - I am a user without much qualification to judge what's happening under the hood

Not a flower per se but fairly close to "forbidden territory"... Not having any single flower on any of sites and never even attempting, I just had to try and submit this, will see what happens

That's bs... I learned from Rinder's posts on SS probably more than I did from all other sources combined. Granted, I may have had a lot to learn to begin with (still do I am sure) but that's the whole point - person I've never met was generous enough to give away enormous information that made me a better photographer. I can't omit one very important aspect of his posts: it's not just a "click here, set this to that number" kind of help. It's much more than that, it's an overall approach, philosophy if you will. Teaching how to fish instead of handing the fish kind of thing.

crap, I registered on this forum specifically to post this, believe it or not...