*"to take full advantage of its features will require the end user to have a 64 bit system equipped with sufficient RAM + other, more expensive, high-end applications installed. "
Yes that's the minimun Poser 8 or Pro have to be.
Right now I'm rendering in Poser 7 (32bits :( ) a scee quite big the pz3 ile has around 100MB in a powerfull QuadCore engine using 8GB ram and Poser takes advantage of only 29% of the processors while it takes 3.70Gb of RAM this is what 32bits can understand ..even so..it's taking about 30 min. to finished the full final render (size of the picture is 987X 667 pixels)
Look that's a Quad with SLI GTS 8800 of 512MB each one...but the P..does not care for it..while rendering in VUE 6 Infinite a scene smaller than that (800X600) takes 3 min. Vue uses 100% the Quad processors and about HALF GB of RAM!!! A 64 bits application I must say. So Poser could ONLY BE BETTER if they make it a 64 bits application with that all the bugs will disapear...I bet.
I'll not spend a cent more than today's price for a 64 bits Poser. Since WILL be for sure something we'll get mad about..it's like that since Poser 2 I guess!

"'you shut up!  or I'll bring democracy to your country! "
Cris Galvão aka Softcris  - www.crisgalvao.com
(or softcris, SoftCris)
Rendering since 1997 and
at Renderosity since 1999.
OS Win 8.1     64 bit