actually, I think it'll be a lot more expensive than just $1000 to get going for most. D|S base might be free but the plugin to model will be up to $500 as well I believe Daz said. Then there's the plugins that will be needed to bring D|S up to what Poser 5 can do since from what I've seen D|S base won't even totally match what Poser 4 can do. Personally I only have a Pentium 4 with 1GB RAM & a 32mb graphic card. This......... means........... Daz............ Studio............. moves............. very............ slowly.............. with............... even.............. one................ Vicky................ character.............. it ............. is................ almost............... totally................. useless. The good news is an ATI 250mb graphic card is only another $400.00 to help fix this problem. Then of course there's buying Vicky 4, and her various morph packs etc... AND the same clothing for V4 that you've already bought for V3 and V2. $1000 won't even begin to be enough for most.