Best way to do hair????

[Skygrasper]

Hard to say. If you are going for a character that was going to be used in a game engine or outside of the modeling program in anyway then yea, I'd say use planes. I think the quickest and best looking way to make hair would be to use 3ds Max's Hair and Fur modifier. It can be a bit of a render hog, but it looks cool and you can style the hair anyway you want. I dont use Maya, but I'm sure it has a similar ability.