I sometimes think they could release Poser7 in March, P8 in June, P9 in September and then ring in the holidays with P10 and each time people would scramble to buy so they could remain on the cutting edge of technology. Many corporate entities already keep their shareholders happy (and their consumers duped) with just this kind of "gotta-have-it" strategy. Sorry, but I'll wait until "significant" improvements are introduced before I upgrade software, regardless of cost. I'd rather spend my time CREATING (which is the reason most of us do this) then READING unreadable manuals to learn new ways of doing the same old thing. I've seen great images created in all versions of Poser, which is kinda the goal behind even using this software. Just my opinion.