Edee <rah### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> Is there a significant improvement in rendering time by switching to Linux
> from XP?

  No, not really. POV-Ray doesn't do much that would require an efficient OS
(even the new 3.7, which requires SMP support from the OS, should run ok in
both systems).

> Is there a preferred hardware/CPU configuration to consider in the upgrade?

  Faster CPU/FPU with faster/more cache -> faster renders.

  If you are running out of memory (which doesn't seem to be the case, though)
then more memory, of course.

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                                                          - Warp

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