Originally posted by marlonjohn
"The first thing you’ll notice is the new initializing window"
Who cares about that :p just kidding ... isnt there a way to change it anyway if you dont like it?
Decided to get 8.5 instead of 2008 as i really dont need it i reckon. All the tools i need are in 8.5, so its all good. Just cant wait till i get my quad-core and run 8.5 on it and see how that goes 
(MAN they changed the tools all around the place ... looks good but i struggle to find stuff now! urggh gotta relearn the UI :angery
Yeah you can change the startup window image just look for mayastartupimage.xmp.bmpand edit it, so no biggie.
How have you got 8.5? Your re-seller should have given you maya 2008 regardless of what yuou asked for as its not the "current" version.
"No pressure, no diamonds" Thomas Carlyle