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3. The comparison chart says for the item "Selection wireframe always appears on top of other objects that are in front"  : optional for v6 and v7infinit; a 'dot' for v7complete which means 'no'.
   so I would say that implies it is not optional to turn wire on/off; the display of the wire should be without the hidden parts behind objects in front of it.

I'll give credit where its due - I didnt pay enough attention when I posted this point in the morning, a 'dot' means v7 complete does have this feature, ie it will display the wireframe on top  of objects in front. Sorry -e-on is right, v7C does as it says in the description.
But WHY would they chose to do it this way?  It may be nice to have the option to turn this on or off, as it is in v6 and v7inf, but 'off' is the default in V6i (what is the default in v7i?) which means e-on thought it will be the more useful/more used  option. In that case, if they are only allowing one option in complete , how come it isnt the one that  is the more useful one (and the one people are used to)? If you had to chose only one of the 2 options which would you chose a wire with hidden parts behind objects or with a complete wire? I would chose 'hidden parts'. It helps depth perception a lot.

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