The deals on the bundle are going till after christmas I believe so she'll still be there.  I've been saving what small amount I can set aside hoping for holiday sales, but I'm sorely tempted myself to spend it all on the bundle because I think that is ultimatly the best deal to go for if you can afford it.

Basicly if you plan to stay on top of new products and outfits particullarly from DAZ but also I suspect from venders on alot of sites, it's probably better to get her now while she's on sale then later.

I think it's fair to say that if you look at what happened when V3 came out in terms of V2 and for that matter V1 one V2 came out and so on there's a fair amount of evidence that says that gradually the shift will come towards V4 compatible products replacing the current focus of V3 ones.

Now having said that, I'd also point out there are so many V3 products out there I'd like to have I could probably spend a great deal of time on just those and I personally as I imagion many people do already have a pretty good V3 orientated liberary both in terms of commercial and also free products.

The new improvements on the V4 model look great, but certianly if one choose too one could get along with V3 for quite awhile yet.

With the variety of V4 packages being offered however, and the fact that most vendors like to stay on the for-front of compatibility over the next year or so you'll probably begin to see more and more V4 products and fewer and fewer new V3 ones.

So for artists/consumers it's not going to be just a question of just getting V4 for the improvements offered to her mesh and so on, but also for continuing to have a base figure that is going to be compatible with new product lines.

Certianly this won't be a overnight shift, but is kinda inevitable.  In short if and when you can afford it, I'd say it's a healthy investment.  Also from what I hear the V4 base mesh is being offered free to Platnum Club members (lucky stiffs) over the weekend and many of those are people who also design products both at DAZ and here, so many will have it at their fingertips to start in right away designing new products for it.  And the V3 base mesh is no longer going to be available free to new customers (although the version that comes with the base content for DAZ studio is still apart of the free content package).

Don't know if any of this helps and depending on what you're going for it can be a sizable investment, so certianly give it some thought.  It'll still be there tommorow at the same prices. I plan to at least sleep on it first although if I was a PC member I'd probably have already downloaded the base mesh and bought the companion packages. Goodluck! ^^