It's the reliance on the keyboard that put me off.  I used to use Caligari on the Amiga and wouldn't touch the keyboard for days, as once a file was named I could just click it to save and leave the keyboard on the floor (where I think it belongs when using a GUI based OS).  I like a gadget or slider for everything, when possible.  Good thing is that I wouldn't have to unlearn very much since the only key commands I have in memory are Wings'.

Thanks for the explanation of adding a cube.  This cube will render, right?  I remember reading the manual (it's been about 5 years) and thinking that I had to create an object before specifying the mesh as the mesh can't exist by itself and the object has no mesh until one is linked to it.  Or maybe I just wanted to think it was difficult...