iggy23,
Sorry can't agree with your statement "And by the time you've bought all the plugins, you could practically buy Poser"  I've purchased almost all the plug-ins available and am no where close to the price of Poser.  

I used Poser Pro Pack then Poser 5 for 4 years, til DAZ Studio and have never looked back. 
I love DS's minimal glitches & quirks (compared to Poser), fast rendering times and the interface is way beyond Poser IMHO.  Best of all it keeps getting better & better.  New version to come out soon  :- )