Tribe, I got Carrara for the main reason that I could upgrade from my Infini-D for a very cheap price. I think Carrara has the potential (Maybe Adobe will improve on it) But it has one of the hardest learning curves I've seen in a 3D package so far. The other reason is I'm on a MAC, there aren't too may inexpensive 3d Modeling packages for the mac at all. :( I can't shell out thousands of dollars for a program. I'm bearly above poverty. I was luck enough to save my pennies to get my G4. (also got a good client that shelled out the bucks on a project so I could). I've noticed that several main people here really like 3DMAX and Rhino. These come up alot as what is being used for modeling. Hope this helps. James