This is a really cool thread! Some of the history listed here I can relate to (even if I'm a whippersnapper! - 34). I discovered Poser in a rather crude manner. Back in 2001 I was surfing the net for 'girlie-pics' and found some 3D porn renders. The gallery mentioned using Poser and after getting it 2 months later (P4), been hooked ever since! My first computer was the C64 w/tape drive back in 1984 (anybody remember Ahoy! magazine). A lightning storm blew it up in 1988 and I lost touch with computers until 1998 - missed out on a lot:( I banged around with a Dell 486 50Mhz until I got a Gateway P2 350Mhz in 2001(thanks for the endorsements LordNak). I just got the ProPack and am STILL getting used to it's slower speed. I'll probably wait for Poser6 since my present comp won't run P5. I also use APS 7, AfterEffects 5, Premiere 6, UVMapper(Cox freebie) and Anim80r. Still tinkering with Wings. I also make soundtrack and electronic powernoise using Reason 2.1, MusicMaker 6, Dance eJay 2 and FruityLoops 3. I could talk for hours about this! Suffice to say here lately, I can't seem to learn enough! Your NEVER too old to learn - my Dad is 70 and a MSExcel wizard (just can't convince him to try Photoshop). He recently finished putting all of his old 10inch 78rpm records onto CD, something he had no clue how to do 8 months ago. I feel for those that stop learning and sad to say, there's quite a large number of folks like that. By the way, my Mom used to work on the UNIVAC back in the mid-50s. Anybody remember THAT old machine?

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AMD FX-9590 4.7ghz 8-core, 32gb of RAM, Win7 64bit, nVidia GeForce GTX 760

PoserPro2012, Photoshop CS4 and Magix Music Maker

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...and when the day is dawning...I have to say goodbye...a last look back into...your broken eyes.