[General] phpBB vs MyBB 1.6

[JimR]

Hi
I run a fairly bit phpBB forum but offlate I am tired of it because of lack of features, slow and random updates with mods and website getting completly broken down during update and not to mention max user connection errors every now and then at time when there are barely 10 members active in the board..

I just have a question which is has been asked numerous times already.. How much better is myBB vs phpBB?? How easy is it to install mods and update the forum??
And also I dont like default myBB theme.. Can you suggest some sites which sell/make premium themes for myBB??

Best Regards

Well I have mybb,vbulletin,phpbb and smf setup on my localhost
I have the following results :-

• Mybb
  Simple to install
  default theme looks dated
  easy to edit/create themes
  very good support
  not to bad to write plugins for
  loads of plugins out there at no cost
  
• vbulletin
  simple to install
  default theme looks good out of the box
  theme editor takes some time to get to grips with
  for a paid for product the support is poor
  never bothered to write a plugin for vb
  plugins out there but there does not seem to be the depth of free plugins out there
  
• phpbb
  Simple to install
  default theme is more modern than mybb but still looks dated
  the whole admin side is not easy to navigate or use
  I gave up at this point so I can not comment further
  
• smf
  Simple to install
  default theme is very nice
  theme editor is not straight forward
  at this point I gave up