you figure in the next couple of years our processor speeds will prob be close to 10gigs...were at 4 now...it should be interesting... i like Carrara, and its good for what i use it for, but i suppose if youre wanting something industry standard then Maya would be the way to go...im also tempted by Truespace... itll be interesting to see how C will keep itself competing, so we arent easily lured away...