Apollo's retirement is a loss to everyone in the Poser community because there are very few alternatives out there.  I agree that computer hogging unimesh figures aren't the answer to everyone's needs.  Were Poser actually able to handle the memory demands of modern systems it would be okay, but in it's current code it doesn't.  The texture maps are what really imbues a figure with life.  If you look at any of the figures without their skin you will see a mere charicature of a human being that no one could possibly find "real" looking.  I'm all about diversity and the more artists produce viable Poser figures the more options 3D artists will have for their pictures, morphs have certain limits that can't address this alone.