Quote - "I'm a Vue Pro Studio 7 user/owner and I'm not certain what new features or advantages Vue 8 offers? E-on is doing a less then inspirational promotional on the new Vue...."

Just open e-on site, click on the promotional banner, click on the details of the product you're interested in and then click on "New in Vue 8". It seems pretty straightforward to me.

Quote - "And judging the amount of people who come to this forum these days, it would seem that there are far less people using VUE these days, I stayed at 6 because of the price of the upgrade to 7"

I don't see any visible decrease in posts in this forum, but maybe TheBryster can provide some stats? It would be interesting to know the evolution in number of posts or threads.
Anyway, this forum is for users of all versions, not only 8. So, if some user stayed at version 6, he's still a user...