Normally when reviewing an upgrade of an application we look at the new changes first, well in this situation its everything. I've yet to find a section of the program that hasn't been changed for the better.
Lets first look at the interface.
This configuration can then be saved for later use. But where this really comes in handy is you can have different setups for animation or material setups. That's not all though, you can also assign shortcuts of your choice to any command, or change the icon arrangements, or even create your own pallets of commands you use regularly. Here is a small one I created for 3 tools I use regularly. Now lets move onto modeling, in my opinion this is where the new version of cinema really shines and it is jam packed full of new features.