A lot of Zen templates are based on the default one which isn't the most awe inspiring template out there, though there are some very good ones available that make it difficult to tell that it's a Zen store at first glance.

I don't think you'll have too many difficulties importing your stock from Zen to Magento when it's finished. They are going to want to build their userbase very quickly, and with their initial target market being other OS cart users, they are obviously going to target pre-existing Zen, OSC and CRELoaded users, so the obvious way to do this will be to make it easy for them to import their inventory from their current stores.

If they don't create a DB importer from Zen to Magento, you can guarantee that someone else will.

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http://www.zencarttemplates.info/hoff.php
Url above shows what can be achieved using custom
designed zencart templates..especially i.e.
http://www.mitea.com/index.php

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does it have many bugs then? i cant even get it to install right and my server is compatible hmm...

The majority of bugs have been fixed but they're still ironing out the last few before releasing a production version.

Most people I came across on the Mag forums who had installation problems were either missing required PHP libraries, using PHP4, didn't have mod_rewrite enabled or had problems with file permissions.

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Well, visually magento looks the best cart. Stock wise that is. Any cart can be made to look good.

What lets magento down is its options/features/customisability (that a new word i just made up? ;P).

Its got nothing over zen cart in my opinion. Give magento a few years to catch up.