Hi Mirek,

I use Avid express pro for editing, when I went for a job at apple they showed me final cut pro, and i've got to say its very similar to Avid (which seems the be a standard here in my humble experiance!) or I should say Avid is very similar to final cut pro as cut pro was out first!.

I've never ran the benchmark scene as i'm still rocking with maya 6! Might upgrade to 8 via uni.

Anywho i'm sure that you'll get over the rough patch mate, have a play with the scene file and different settings using the tomshardware article that I posted, as well as the maya batch render settings for threads (as the benchmark is for mental ray), that is if you get the time as you seem a bit pushed at the mo.

Cheers

Steve