I bought the Platinum Club membership this morning $29.95), turned around, bought Hex2 for $1.99. On the second dl attempt, the file came down in under 5 minutes.  It is now intalled and running on an AMD 64 machine, under WinXP64 Pro (no virus detected, nor suspected).  This is a great deal by any estimation.  As a Vue user (new), this is be a no-brainer of a purchase. A modern modeler with paint/UV capabilities, if only Vue can implement a displacement/normal map function.  If Vue doesn't have this in 6, then Carrara/Bryce/Hex/Daz Studio team will be growing market share at the expense of E-on.  I still prefer the looks of Vue's output (I don't have Carrara), but E-on has a wake up call here.