The reasons I use it? Let's see... Loads faster than Poser Da lights!! They're much easier to use. ;) Able to do multiple selecting of items in either the scene panel or the surfaces panel. Being able to delete ALL the lights or cameras. Able to merge scenes with ease It's not a resource hog like Poser Interface is easier to understand The ability to arrange the panels to my liking Posing is easier Real time transparencies...no need to render just to see if a transmap is applied right. Spot renders!! Being able to do either a quickie render of good quality (OpenGL) or a more intense render (3Delight) And as for it being a year or two before being close to being out of beta...it's currently at build 0.9.7.8 with it looking it'll hit build 1.0 around the end of the year. D|S is an excellent way for someone to get into 3D art without worring about cost since the base and a wonderful base content pack for free. I used the Turbo importer for a quick test to see how it imported into Max6...it imported fine though I can't remember how well the textures imported though. wes :P