You should read the thread announcing DAZ studio (back a few days) : it looks that it won't be a Super Poser, but more like a link between Poser, LightWave and MAX. DAZ announced that it could load PZ3 and do " certain amount" of modifications to the scene. That's all. At least for the moment. Poser 5 is a good product now. Not as good as high end products, but not as expensive. It only imposes a stiff learning curve. Try to open it, so that you can see by yourself if you prefer Poser 4. If you don't want to, then I'd advise you send the box back to CL, you'll get a refund. Compiler