need advice on some design elements

[DoubleV]

Let me preface this by saying that a multimedia designer and I had a bunch of exciting design ideas for the redisign of our current site (in my sig), but for one reason or another they were dismissed by marketing department.

http://www.nimlok.com/new_site/page1.jpg

is what the marketing manager likes and this is what she wants to stick with.
My problem is with the part of the page that is over the grey area. The idea is that those words on the right are product features and when you mouse over them, an enlarged feature will be zoomed in on the exhibit. similar ideea can be seen at

http://www.nimlok.com/new_site/CD1.jpg

the thing is, though, that on the cd concept, there is no blank white space like the web page has. wether we move the features to the left and place the exhibit on the right - it does not matter. the white space will always be there. also, on the CD pic you can see a sentence describing the feature displayed. on the site, we are open to having or not having the description text. whatever would work from the design point would be fine. the marketing manager is very fond of the circle thing in which the enlarged exhibit details are shown. we tried to just place those enlarged details in the center of the page (between the exhibit and the featues text), but it looked out of place. Do you guys have any ideas for me on how to solve this design dilemma? --------------------------------------------------
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http://www.nimlok.com

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[SPYDERIX]

Hi,

Can you show an example of the center images that you think look out of place, it might help to see what you see.

I think that the site that you have right now is a good one and works well, however I think the one that your marketing department likes is much better. It gives it a more professional feel and it much more crisp.

Hope this helps!

http://www.spyderix-designz.com