With our dollar getting stronger, it is certainly worthwhile looking at getting Poser direct from CL. I want to weep at the prices we have to pay for software in this country - AU$733 for Poser 4 and AU$1057 for Poser 5 at the sites I listed above. Holy sh*t is right!!!!!! However, Poser 4 download version at CL is around AU$220, which is a major saving!!! It is big, around 188MB for Poser 4 itself and another 118MB for the Content CD, but if you know someone with a cable or adsl connection and a CD burner, you are in business! Unfortunately with the Academic version they will want proof that you are doing a graphics course or at a graphics school. Which is fine if you are or know someone who is.