I'm glad to hear your wife is OK, and that you got the new Carrara. But from an outsiders viewpoint, why would you want Carrara is you have Lightwave and know how to use it? I've been a Carrara user since it's inception, and before that with Raydream. I like Carrara a lot, I think it's a great program for those who can't afford the big packages. It's a powerful app that will reward those who put their time into it. But, honestly, Lightwave is 10 times the program, and has proven itself in TV and movies for years. I think you will be modelling a lot of your stuff in Lightwave for a long time to come. Carrara is very difficult to model a lot of things with, some things are just not possible to do and make look right. Bottom line, Lightwave is a proven professional app, that has been used extensively. Carrara is a growing 3D app, it has a long way to go before it reaches the mountain that Lightwave owns. But, I think you will have fun with Carrara, and you will find reasons to use Carrara instead of LW for some things. Good Luck. kaom