Aw, trueSpace wasn't so bad. Ok, I never used nurbs in tS because I couldn't get my head around it, but polygon modeling and SDS was OK (give or take the odd boolean op crash). I'm also one of those people who was happy with the tS gui (up to tS6.6) once I got it set up the way I wanted it (hate the new interface I have to admit). The current price is hard to beat too, at least until M$ finally pulls the plug on it.

trueSpace still has a place in my kit as a scene editor and for some interesting plugins.

MoI is exceptional and every 3D app I've used looks ordinary by comparison to it.