greetings all- i'm considering buying carrara. i bought lightwave 6.5 and it's modeler is so buggy it's unusable. tho i'm in constant contact with their tech support. they can replicate my problems, but can't fix them. i bought it primarily for it's particle effects and vertex mapping, but i'll never use them until the program is stabalized. eovia has an attractive upgrade program now. i like amapi's modeler very much, and can get a copy of carrara for $200. i want to produce some animations to print to video and ideally dvd. i'd like to avoid more frustrations with unreliable software. so my question are: is carrara stable enough for you to recommend? are there any reviews around? does anyone have experience using the particle effects? how is the final rendering speed? how close to photorealistic does it get? does carrara have the quality to produce a demo reel? currently i'm using a g3 233/500, 768mb ram, radeon card. all input welcome. thanx loads rick