I've had C6 Std. since its launch, then bought the magazine last weekend and have to say,...wow,...very powerful program to have on a magazine disk. I know Blender and tS 7.6 are free, but imho and what I've seen in Blender and used in tS, they aren't anywhere near as easy to use(plus Carrara has direct content support). It is Windows only and no render nodes, but at this price, no problem, lol. Even if I can't upgrade the mag version, it will be enough to keep me going for a very long time.