I like being able to compare renders without leaving the program... and then just exporting the best ones. I like being able to hit a wacro button and get an alabaster effect instantly... and other fun tricks to PLAY with. I was sort of like Midas running around and touching everything. I like point lights and the other new lighting features. Why use 6 lights for a candle when it is one light source? The shadow calculations are a lot faster, too. I like undos! I like telling it to quit searching for a texture and having it immediately quit... not 20 minutes later... and not crash. I like being able to cancel a render and have it not crash, but quietly and neatly obey. I like the new figures. Even though I worked with morphs for Don and Judy, who are terribly under-rated, these figures have a lot more inherent interest and appeal. This means they'll get better support. I like being able to link Runtimes. Between computers. I dropped a firewire connection between them and said "go find some massive sets by Transpond" (in my old computer) and P6 went off like a well-trained retriever and brought back everything and the moss it was textured with. Neat. :) There will be images I can make in Poser 6 that I couldn't have made in earlier versions. I like that. But no software is perfect. What do I dislike? That damnable IK which is still "on" by default means that I'll have to hack cr2s to get them to load free and clear of conniptions. I don't think the new kids work in the face room (but will have to check that). In any case, there is no easy way to get a morph setup which will work on everybody for family resemblance. Even imps and goblins have mothers! (I'm rather surprised that Saruman's orcs didn't all have his nose!) There is still no network rendering, so making even a very short cartoon inside Poser will require a lot of splicing, and building large scenes will just take time. However, I remember spending days to get a render in DKB and ice ages could come and go before getting something finished in Bryce, so perhaps I'm less patient. The name in the drop-down menu for the working window still says figure 1, etc., when it would be far less confusing to use whatever the library name says. Most people seem to create images with only one person and no clothes, so this might not be a problem, but if you have a scene with even a handful of people, and it is taking days to build, remembering whether fred, ned, or ted was loaded first and which shoes are on what character shouldn't require a spreadsheet or look-up table before conforming them. Not perfect, but a lot better. As mentioned above, I'd skip P5 entirely and go directly to P6, even if P5 boxes show up in the discount bins. It is better to wait a few months, save the pennies, and get the upgrade. The stability and sleekness alone will make the jump worthwhile. When? That's an individual call, based upon individual need. If you're in a rush, fine. If you're not in a rush? That's fine too... you're not ahead of me in the shipping queue. ;^) Carolly