Hi,
I like this thread.
I am now about 11 months old in Poser world.
I have started with DS 1.7 I think and i started to download freebies but soon bought Poser 7 and later Poser 6 (For $2.74 at CP as a special with a $5.00 discount voucher). The reason was that all the utilities asked for Poser.

I have also asked this question some time ago and got some answers but not this , better ones.

Currently I prefer Poser 7 because of the Library ability of "Collections". In this there are no limitations of organising contents what so ever. The only limitation is duplicating of the thumbnails and their relative files if you are not prepared to wipe the original ones (My choice of work method). I also prefer Poser 7 because of the many utilities that work with it. I hve bought some and also downloaded freeware ones.

Lately I became aware that DS is getting better and better and I am convinced that DS will overturn Poser in the near future. I like DAZ. They sell only quality stuff and I also bought Carrara 6 Pro and Bryce 6.1. I am also aware that DS is getting better and that you can now organise your files as well.

I have seen pictures that convince me that DS is currently in the upperhand position with regards to render quality. and is also lighter on resources.

If DAZ listen to peoples' suggestions and better DS that PhilC's Clothing converter, CrosDresse and the other one will work in DS and some other suggestions like third party programs / utilities as well as the abilities of POser, but light on system resources as I have heard Poser Pro can do and even better render quality, I will pay for DS. What about a freeware one and a payware one with more abilities. If I look at the quality of V4, A3, A4 and M3 and some animals, I can not beliece other that DS will kick the butt of Poser in future. DS can be designed to excell over Poser at a cheaper price.

I am worried that Poser may be getting more expensive and suffering from the same problem as Microsoft Flight Simulator in the way that it is getting better, but so way out extremely heavy on system resources that the majority of users buy the program, but dump it because even after an expensive new computer it is still not string enough to run it properly.

DS is also tiny in comparison to the huge Poser.

And Hello,
this is my opinion. I am allowed to my own idiotic, or insane opinion!

I think the antivirus companies will also include Poser and DS in their databases in future. In the past year I have very seldom played any game or did anything else than 3D rendering. I just can't get enough. Not even a virus can not cause so much havoc on one's computer. You constantly have to buy additional hard drives, better display cards, etc.

Regards
Johan