Switch? Definitely, get rid of that Mac and get a PC.....oh, you mean switch to Maya from Max

Seriously, I started on Max and it was a great app to learn on, but it was a lot of wasted time I came to realize once I got into Maya. The longer you spend working in Max, the harder it will be to learn Maya. Max is a great learning app, but that's about it, it's not used much in the movie or tv industry, and the game industry is starting to use more and more Maya and XSI. I think eventually I will add XSI as a secondary app, but for the most part it will be Maya for me. Don't need a ton of plugins, everything is there

You should have expected this at a Maya only forum-hahahaha!

Welcome and enjoy your stay, think you'll like it here, really nice place with a bunch of fun characters

Darkon