Jon

You're right. Carrara is a GREAT piece of software. 

If I really weren't so busy trying to keep my head above water, I would sit down and learn Carrara from the ground up. 

As far as hair goes, I LOVE Carrara Hair (actually I think it was Stan who turned me onto how cool it renders.)

Unfortunately, sometimes the hair goes crazy (for me at least) in some animations (and a few stills). 

I still love Carrara hair.