As I started the thread I thought it only decent to state which app I now having running on my PC. Thanks to the opinions of people here & elsewhere I opted for Vue 5 Espirit. I would have like the Infinite version but I just can't afford it. I will however be upgrading to Vue 6 Espirit when that comes out.

I imported my first Poser figure (Shamara) into Vue & it worked with no problems, dynamic cloth & hair included! I gave it a quick render & I was very pleased with the result. I'm just in the middle of my first scenery piece, it's very basic but I am learning. I must also say that I love the interface, very straight forward, buttons just where you need them. I was used to the Bryce interface but I must say when it comes to positioning objects in your scene Vue is much better. I can see me spending quite some time on this, well I'll have to if I'm going to achieve the kind of results I'm looking for!

Thanks again everyone for their input.