If you buy Poser8 be sure to upgrade to SR3.

Poser 8 Service Release 3 (SR3) 8.0.3

This critical Service Release for Poser 8 will update any previous English version of Poser 8, including the hotfix, SR1 versions and SR2/SR2.1. Simply download SR3 and launch the installer to update to Poser 8.0.3.11793. For full details on what the updater includes, please refer to the Read Me file linked below. Mac users will need to re-enter their original Poser 8 serial number after updating to SR3. - This update will only work on an installed copy of Poser 8.0.x.

Macintosh
Download the SR3 for Poser 8 - (63 MB .dmg)
Download the SR3 Read Me - (.rtf)

Windows
Download the SR3 for Poser 8 - (20.1 MB .zip)
Download the SR3 Read Me - (.rtf)

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