I think the thing to keep in mind here (even after my own irritation of lockups within a couple hours of having Poser 6 installed) is that it's still way ahead of 5. While I agree that we've essentially become paying beta testers, it's not as if there aren't major improvements in 6 to warrant not owning it. It's not unusable by any stretch of the imagination and generally speaking it's an enjoyable experience to work on a scene in 6. The image based lighting and SSS stuff is awesome. I'm stuck somewhere between wanting to scream about the oddities I've seen and being pretty happy with the amount of work that's gone into this version.