I Think Max is great, 3ds max 8 rox my sox, haven't tried out 9. Max beats maya in multiple areas, and vice-versa. The UVW unwrapping/mapping in max is great. The texture-painting in maya also rocks. I haven't tried much rendering on maya, but in my opinion, max is better at rendering, the Mental Ray, Indirect Illumination, Caustic Photons, Global Illumination, Rendering Effects, Radiosity, Lens effects, Flame effects, etc. are very useful (take a look at these renders, all made and renderred in 1 hour together, all on max clicky). Max also has a dynamic cloth system, huge amounts of space warps, reactor Havok physics engine, Flexible hair and fur system, and a great renderrer. Max is, unfortunately, more expensive.
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