I gotta post something about my PAL experience.
OK, I'm -7.00 +2.50 add. I work on a desktop all day long.
I have free PALs, because, yeah.
I have Autograph IIs and IIIs: my computer is just fine.
I have Varilux X: the intermediate is virtually non-existant.
Now, this is good news, really. The Autograph does a darn good job on intermediate tasks as a general purpose PAL. Yeah, the 180 doesn't get much respect. But I don't drive that much at night (where it's really noticeable).
I think a lot of people would make the trade.