Ahhhh! I've had it with 3dstudio max!

[AnnyRob]

Hey, I'm new to these boards and I have a question of sorts. I was selected to be the main animator for my team's animation. I've been working on an idea for about 2 weeks now. However, my school's computers are sooo slooooow! I'm trying to run 3dstudio max on a 400mhtz computer with a generic video card. I've made some relatively complex scenes, but it takes so long to move around. I'm not going to even talk about rendering! Worst thing is, there is no way our district is going to get us anything. Miami public schools are terrible, or atleast mine is. I want to install 3dstudio max on my home computer (three weeks ago for my birthday I got a new 1.5 AMD with a geForce 3 64mb=) =) =). I've talked to my principal, but, going back to my district, it's 'against the law' for us to take the software home. They have the cd's tightly locked up. We're not even allowed to touch them!

Going back to my question: the 'license' between Autodesk and FIRST, is it really just for use in the school on one computer like my principal says? Or does Autodesk let us install it at our home computers. I'd think in order to give everyone a fair chance, Autodesk would give FIRST some kind of special agreement to let us take 3dstudio max home and install on more than one computer, as long as it's being used for the FIRST competition. Am I right, or am I stuck using a 400mhtz?