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Poser 5 is great- if it works on your machine. However, if you are one of the minority for who it doesn't work, then it sucks. (I base this minority statement on previous threads in this forum- when someone asked if P5 worked there were many, many more said yes than no. Those who can't get P5 to work are frustrated and, understandably, they are very vocal about it on this forum). If you want to know what Poser 5's functions are, you can download the manual from the Curious Labs website. In my opinion, the renderer and material room are worth the extra money alone. The dynamic hair looks great but it does take a lot of render time. I haven't played with the cloth room and I was disappointed with the face room. If you are running Windows 98 or ME, don't bother with P5, in my experience, it can't handle memory well enough for P4 never mind P5. I run a Windows XP machine with 256MB memory and a Celeron 600MHz machine. My P5 scene limit would appear to be 3 figures ( A clothed Michael 3 with , his trenchcoat which I'm counting as a figure and Judy clothed plus a few props ). If you don't have a machine as good as or better than this, then I would not recomend P5, as I think I just get away with running P5 and I certainly cannot run any other major application at the same time. If you have a fast link, check my web site out for the results I get. Finally, you may want to wait a few more months to see what Daz Studio can do, this may be the new contender on the block, we're all waiting to see what it can and, more importantly, what it can't do. The trial version will be free, but I'm guessing that you want to get P4/5 for Xmas. Hope this helps you decide what to do, I know how difficult it can be deciding to buy software you haven't used.