animation software

[Jger]

A girl I know wants to go to school to learn animation. She asked me if I knew of any free or cheap software she could use to "play around with." I suggested the educational version of Maya and flash. I told her that Maya requires a hefty computer to run on and she said the computer she has is not all that powerful, I didn’t get the specs on it. So if you know of any other software I can suggest to her please post it here. Thanks

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[fraga]

None of them are "cheap" though. There's Lightwave, 3-D Studio Max, Flash, Director, etc...

[Jger]

I know. <rant>I dont know why people assume I know every single computer program just because I a Computer Informaion Systems major. </rant>
I was doing some surfing and came across a progam called Blender. Anyone have experence with it, would you recomend it, blah blah blah?