not sure what c4d has, but i do like the render facility there, but it does not render any faster then firefly really on our macs, unless i put up a render farm in c4d, then it gets a little faster. i have yet to read anything good about poser pro vs. 7 (which I think they finally got right after v5 and 6) so I guess I will stay put there.  like i said, it's all working okay kinda...i think what's causing a few problems is all the mac os upgrades, but not sure...cheers!
coocoo