As an independant producer, I'll sacrifice time on my computer for rendering with a lower cost software package than forking over the big bucks for a program that's faster but in the end doesn't really do it all THAT much better for the money. I'll render while I sleep, or do other things on my other computers... In the end I'll still save money and have bigger profits in the final sale cuz I didn't blow it on software I really didn't need.