I just e-mailed discreet ang got this reply:
Dear Sir,
your details were passed on to me by one of our resellers.
Unfortunately 3ds max 4 is no longer available for sale I'm sorry to say.. Last September we introduced 3ds max 5, and then in January this year, 5.1 and end of lifed 3ds max 4 at that time.
All our resellers would have rotated their stock from 4 to 5 when we announced v5, as most customers would prefer the updated version.
May I ask why you require max 4 over max5, is it a specific project, majority of plugins, scripts etc for max 4 work seamlessly with max 5.
Regards
Peter Moxom
Discreet
Peter Moxom
Industry Manager
Animation & Desktop Video
Discreet Asia Pacific peter.moxom@discreet.com
http://www.discreet.com
TEL: +65 6555 0116
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I'm here to be proven wrong, but I can't find any evidence that max 4 exists as a new product, student or otherwise.