Hi Guitta I was not inferring you had deliberatly gone out to damage the customers, that is obviously not what ANY company does. I have always found E-On a reseanoble and decent company to deal with. If anything E-On has always gone out of it's way to clarify information for the users, your presence in these forums is an obvious example of this. It's just this whole situation is very vague and leaves a great deal of questions unanswered, telling us to 'just wait' is the wrong thing to say, after all, what if the new Vue d'Esprit doesn't have some of the features the pro version has, I then lose a very good saving on this new version. I cannot afford both upgrade paths. As always it is all about money and what the best route for me, the user is. I obviously don't expect to see ALL the Pro features in the standard Esprit, most notably integration with other programs for example. It would be nice to have a shortlist that's all. Take a good and relevant example. When Poser Pro Pack was released it was very clear what was going to be included in that product and who it was aimed at. The company involved also indicated what features were carrying over into the newer version of Poser (then they went belly-up and sold to Curious Labs, but hey-ho). it left everybody with a clear path ahead. I guess I'm letting my emotions get the better of me in the writing, for which I do apologise, I don't mean to be as blunt as I probably have been. I just wish the situation was more clear for us so we can all make a clear purchasing decision. As mentioned, I apologise if I appear harsh, I do not mean to be. best wishes Jody