I am confused... won't Poser 10 take advantage of the 64 bit stuff?  (you can tell I'm not a geek re: hardware)  ... I looked on the Smith Mirco page under requirements and comparisons... seems the only real difference between 10 and 14 is the "fitting room" ?

Appreaciate anyone's help here! "geeks wanted" !  LOL!

Thanks,

Lyne

http://poser.smithmicro.com/comparison.html

Poser 10 does not have the copy all morphs function (very useful), nor the fitting room. It is also only 32 bit.

I bought Poser 10, and quickly upgraded as soon as I could. 32 bit Poser is far too limited in my view. 

Given the current upgrade sale (Poser Pro 2014 for $125), it would seem a good time just to upgrade all the way.

Agree with moriador.  You want 64 bit programs, if you can get them.  You also get weight map creation, Background Render, Render to Queue, Poserfusion and several other things.

Get Poser Pro 2014 - it will use all of the memory you have available.  Poser 10 will be limited to -at most- a 4GB allotment because it is 32bit.

And another one for Poser Pro 2014.  When a Poser first launched a 64bit version I built a Computer just for Poser.  Up until then I had no need for 64bit, although Poser was limited.  The jump in performance was substantial and the extra features the icing on the cake.

As others have said, with Poser Pro 2014 upgrade on sale this a really a good time to make the jump to 64 bit.

THANKS SO MUCH everyone!! Will def. get Poser 2014!! :)

ACK!  I want the boxed version ... am betting the sale one HERE is ONLY download.  :(

I don't think the boxed version comes with a printed manual, so besides a box, you can just burn the download version to a dvd.

I have not purchased a boxed version of Poser for a long while, version 5 or 6 I think.  What I do remember is that, living in the UK, by the time I had paid shipping, import tax and shippers fees the price had almost doubled.  Only do downloads of any software these days.

Yes but here the file to download is ONLY 17 mb!?!?  So it must be JUST the engine to make your upgrade 64 bit... I am very unsure and will probably wait for a Smith Micro sale... I don't want the manual, but I want the FULL suite... and I do want a DVD (hence the need for it to be "boxed")...

Due to updates, most of the content and such would have to be re-downloaded anyways.  So the only thing of benefit would be the main program, which also needs to be updated.  IMHO, it would be better to have all the updated content and program in place and burn those installers to disk yourself.

So... let me get this straight... If I by the upgrade here...then I go to SM and get IT'S update for Poser Pro 2014...THEN burn that to dics, and I'm set ? 

I am dyslexic...and cautious...but too, I am anxious to move into "the future"!!

Thanks for being patient and helping me get this clear!

Lyne

What I would do is:

Fire up the download manager that you'll receive.  Pick a save location that  you can easily find, even if you have to make your own folder somewhere.  Download all the stuff.  Take all of that and burn to dvd-r along with a text file that you create and place your serial number inside of.

Full content is several gigs.  I'd guess around 6 GB?  If you only have cd-r's, it's going take a pile of them.

THanks, Netherworks... really helpful... right now too, I am asking in the Marketplace forum if there is an END DATE on that sale...I've a credit card to clear off first... plus we all have questions on where those files download FROM... Jenn is helping over there...

I'll "hush" here though, as you all have cleared up that I really MUST get 2014!!

Thank you all so much!!

Good guess, my Smith Micro DLM folder shows it being 5.11Gig

I don't know about PP2014, but I did order the boxed version of Poser Pro 2010 a few years ago. It came with 2 DVDs, (the Mac version on one disk and the PC version on the other). There was no book manual. Just a 36 page quick start guide. I was disappointed. I wanted an actual book, lol.