Hair in the hair room does take forever to render, which is why I still buy hair. :-) I've found it helps to start with the dynamic hair that comes with Poser. Even though it's meant for Don and Judy, you can generally fit it to Victoria, Mike, etc. with a little tweaking. And it renders faster than any hair I've created myself in the hair room. It seems to be carefully designed to render quickly, as far as density, vertices, etc., go. As for how it looks...what problems are you having with it? You have to have lights that cast shadows for hair room hair to look decent. Adjusting the color can be a bit tricky, too; if you want a color other than the default, you might have to experiment a bit, to get it to look natural.