I have been considering an upgrade path or new modelling app altogether recently - am glad I dithered - Silo2 is due out soon I think and there was a tempting pre-order deal...

I LOVE this better integrated Modelling/UVmapping aspect promised for Hex2 (as shown in that flash frame on eovia site) - the UVmapping process has just killed all my efforts in the past.

More practiced modellers apparently do the UV mapping while they build the model. Obviously I'm not the only one to get a beating from trying to do it with a finished model.

Cheers, hope you pre-order folks get a good deal too (I know I want one!)