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Seeing that Poser 8 and Poser Pro base are very close and I don't use network rendering, I decided to leave Poser Pro Base for what it is and return to the regular version, suits my needs fine. As far as I know the special offers will apply to the base version also, but I do have my doubts there will be a base version.

I tend to agree, I guess it depends on how good a deal is available.  I also don't use network rendering or have any need to transfer to higher end programs. Well, maybe Carrara, but poser stuff works fine in Carrara as long as P6 is installed. It might end up being a pretty expensive GC and Render in Background. :)

Tell you what, though, P8 does seem to be a crashing son of a gun, usually at the most inopportune times.