preference
I have been using gmax for some projects. Max 4.2 offers so much more interms of modeling and overall program stability. Gmax is a watered down version of max4.2 as it is missing many preset shapes, ability to import and export a wide variety of files, and other mesh modifiers. Beleive me, when max4.2 was provided with the cfs3 exporter, many modelers at the time were excited and pleased. I have a copy of max4.2, just want another one as backup.