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No matter how you slice it, $3000 is a lot of money for any piece of software. But I can't/won't disagree with you that it's not worth it. It's just that I don't have $3000 to spend these days after the usual bills (rent, car, etc.). I really wish I could get the program cheaper since I'd just be using it for fun. I mean, you can get some pretty fancy C/C++ compilers, with assembler, debugger, profiling tools, class libraries and browsers, etc. (better than some of the UNIX stuff I use) for $139 or less… As far as proving my student status, to go from $3000->$800, I could probably just enroll in a Community College class on Computer Graphics around here (maybe $50/semester from a so-so college, or around $250 a quarter for a good one). Plus I do actually take professional classes from time to time in the evenings out of interest (by day I'm a Software Engineer). Thanks for all the feedback!! You're pretty lucky that you get to play with 3DS. 🙂 -Tom