I personally like Lightwave... I like it's feature set. I like the kind of company Newtek is... But alas I have been using Truespace since it was called Caligari 24 on the amiga, and it is bloody hard to come to grips with a new interface... It's like trying to walk again. Plus paying 200 for (less than steller) Truespace upgrades is a lot easier than layin down $1500 (or whatever it is now) on LW especially since I already have TS plugins that emulate many of LWs features. (cel shader particle systems etc...) :) God I hope Caligari is not just blowing smoke about the next version being more animation oriented.