That's really not that bizarre seeing as how that's what they've done with AutoCAD 2009. Why they didn't do it with Max '09 I don't understand. Good luck!
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2008-01-09-spider-man-marriage_N.htm?se=yahoorefer So basically they just eliminated 20 years of story telling. Discuss....
Could someone from Ensemble weigh in on this if true? Apparently it was canceled... http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/09/report-ensemble.html 30 images on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30784486@N04/sets/72157607452469273/
also bear in mind that 3dsmax past 09 have been generally perceived to be getting worse and worse in terms of viewport stability and speed. edit: lolnecro post by accident.
You can see one way to unwrap a head in #Part 09 of this tutorial. I think using cylindrical mapping for unwrapping a head (as shown in that tutorial) is a common method.
There's a low poly treatment here: http://petemcnally.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/859/ and the original speed sculpt: http://petemcnally.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/the-irish-sketch-society/
Read second section of this blog: http://santyhammer.blogspot.com/2013/09/some-things-i-will-never-understand.html. I decided to stick to my PC after I read it.