Before I purchase A7, I want some user comments on how good it is.

Conitec managers, please do not reply. I know it is your product, and you're impartially inclined to sell the product, so you will naturally give it a good rating anyway, telling all about the goood things and leaving out the bad stuff.

What improvements did Conitec make between A6 and A7?
How useful are the features, (Obviously, the terrain editor, level editor, etc.)
Scripting can be done with any decent text editor. Heck, for $30.00 nowadays, go out and buy Microsoft Works. So what does the code editor in A7 do that makes it so special.
How simple is it to load in Models, prefabs, etc.
What is your experience with the product. any bad points that you want to discuss!

Well Amanda
Diplomacy is not your strong point as far as I can see
I must confess that I did not find so many advantages of A7 over A6
Except of course the new lite-c programming language
I dont fully agree with you
There are a lot of good scripting language around, that's true but you must also integrate the language in the engine
No problem to load prefabricated models
No particular bad points , not at least so serious to prevent you from finishing a game
But this was true also for A6
3DGS is well known for its stability

The only thing I can suggest is click on the links above
forecast/beta have a read through the manual.

The only main problem I am having with is using shadows.
But that could be due to my grafx card or a broken driver.
Been to lazy to update my drivers hehehe.. Geforece 7600 GT PCIe

The A7 is still going through heavy changes. A6 has been proven stable. I am still a very novice devoloper and I found them
both pretty easy to understand. There is a good community here
so if you get stuck you can get help very quickly.

With the AUM it's also good for tutorials and a new AUM generaly
comes out once a month.

I could go on forever here but if you really want to know the
difference download and try both A6 and A7 demos.
Remeber you can't use lite-c script in A6 though.

Oh also read the gamestudio's main home page on features/ litec etc.
That's the best way instead of waiting for a reply in the forums.