We bought version 6.0, Unlimited. Then when 6.5 came out, I got that one too... My choices were either get a big (36-inch) printer, or get Maya. Considering how long I've been doing graphics (since 1981), I thought it time to make a leap to something more commercial, something I could build a career out of. Maya was my answer, and considering how many prints it would take for me to make any real money from sales, I thought Maya a better long-term goal. Six months in, and I feel like I'm still way ahead of the learning curve! But I spend more time experimenting than producing, at this point. But it is DAMN realistic, and more powerful than I had ever imagined... This was a quick tree-test I did with POV Tree, in Maya.