Hmmm... which is better, Bryce or Vue? Okay... what flavour of ice cream do you prefer, vanilla or chocolate? It's really the same kind of question. We can compare specifications until we are blue in the face. But at the end of the day it all comes down to the quality of images produced. If you take a good look at what people are doing with both programs you will see some superb work. Don't go just by the average work because that's all it is- average and neither program has an exclusive on mediocrity. In some things one program may make you work a little harder than the other but that's par for life anyhow. On the whole, I think it is easier to create more natural looking landscapes in Vue but Bryce 5 may change that. On the other hand, surreal effects seem more readily achieved in Bryce but then Vue 4 may change this. But I agree that for abstracts Bryce definitely appears to have the advantage. I'm not saying Vue can't handle this but I have yet to see anything by it that rivals Brycean efforts. Unless you have a particular interest in abstract art I really don't think you can go wrong with either choice. Besides, when the next versions come out it will be a whole new game again.