"Improving on existing features isn't necessarily a 5.5 release nor should it be a freebie. Look at it this way. For instance the Poser rendering engine, say they added HDRI or image based lighting, or say the remodeled how the setup room works." If they do something like add GI to the current render engine, and don't add the ability to network render directly from the app, I certainly would not pay for this kind of "improvement". Know what I mean? ;-)

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Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

System: Pentium QuadCore i7, under Win 8, GeForce GTX 780 / 2GB GPU.