Thanks for that feedback. I noticed with Sony Vegas 7 it is possible to customise the interface, timeline at top or bottom or even a vertical timeline! I suppose however that one soon gets used to a different layout and moving from 6.5 to whatever will be different.
I suppose Penridge may have included the Matrox 100E just to show different systems as the demonstrator said his other system doesn't use the Matrox but an nVidea graphics card and nothing else.