Sorry to disappoint, but anything that anyone says is compelte and utter speculation. You will start getting people jumping in with the "Daz Studio is the greatest thing since Jesus" even though none of them have used it extensively for any amount of time (and those who have seen it saw only glimpses), and then others whining/bitching/moaning about how poor "Poser 5 is crap" and then the few who seem to have little to no problems with P5. What is comes down to is noone knows exactly what the future holds for P5 from CL. CL has not said anything, which can be interpreted either way - maybe they are working desperately to right things with present and future customers or maybe they are quietly locking up the doors and planning to throw away the key. Daz Studio is an unknown quantity. The initial released will have limited functionality, when compared to Poser. However, they have promised future upgrades/modules/plugins that will provide more functionality, although NONE OF THESE EXTENSIONS HAVE BEEN SHOWN OR ACTUALLY USED BY THE COMMON PUBLIC, so anything anyone says regarding these are heresay. It may be great, it may suck more than Monica Lewinsky. Why knows. Noone here, that is for sure. - Ray