1.I like the fact that it is quite straight to the point instead of being quite quirky with its own 'special' method of doing things. I found the transition from Strata to Carrara easy and painless. 2.Most of the important things seem to work really well which is handy cause often mid end programs are riddled with bugs that halve the important new feature list. 3.Very Good render engine, has its flaws and limitations but overall very fast and professional. Fast even on a slow PC. 4.Reasonably good documentation. Not praised by many but it is better then some of the other manuals I have seen around. 5.Most of the important features are part of the core package. I took great interest in C4D until i realised it was all split up into several bits that costed more and more.. Would you like to know the minor stuff I would like to see changed?