Yeah... That's what I said, it's a toss up between them. I prefer Maya for the better control over your model, and is easier to model in for me, but I have a soft spot for 3ds Max since it can export and import more formats and the UVW controls are better in Max...so I'm definitely not impartial to either one. Although it seems like I'm the only one that wishes that SoftImage would be getting better respect, tho, which is sad...but hey, at least we can all agree that anything with Autodesk in the name, you won't go wrong.