shame really!! as this is why i didn't get on the "getting poser7 as soon as it comes out" bandwagon. What you describe is exactly what poser6 was like (i got that as soon as it was out) poser 6 was not useable until service release 2 (about 6mths later)

I hope everyone learns from this and doesn't order Poser8 early or as soon as it comes out, that way the customers aren't the beta-testers, and they will have to "pay" some beta-testers to ensure poser9 works out of the box!!