Yeah man, same here with 8, sure hope that this is a free upgrade as there dosent seem to be that much substance to the upgrade, might be wrong as the python scripting might be an untapped wealth of features???

I used the dynamics quite a bit when I started off as I started making little effects for videos etc trying to make realistic movements so dynamics were great.

Uni's with maya 7 moving to 8 (probably 8.5 now) at the moment, so I was thinking of going to 8, might hold on though as in summer there might be maya 9 with a "Good" upgrade.

Theres lots of 3rd party plugins for maya rarther than going unlim? Are they more pricey than for max?