I have actually gone out and BOUGHT a program because of the DEMO! In fact, one of the first was Bryce 4, during the old Metacreations days. There are several others. I have not bought Poser 5 because they have no demo to test on my system. I am a little behind current tech, because I got my PC 3 years ago and will need to upgrade or buy a new one to keep up. Right now that's not feasible. Because of this, I just can't use some programs. That's why a demo is so important. Unfortunately,I don't even have a system I can use for some current programs, at all,like Maya. I'd love to make use of the PLE they're offering, but my systems not able to handle it.