I couldn't care less about the activation method. Bottom line is, if the new poser doesn't have support for the new and improved figures then I see no point in buying another version. I really can't see what revolutionary feature they can introduce that could warrant an upgrade but I don't think V4 has another decade in her. At least they can come up with a figure on par. Stagnation in 3D tech is never a good thing.

Well the first question does Poser need a new figure, if the answer is yes does it have to come from SM and whatever the answer what should the new figure include. Funny I seem to remember a thread by Teyon asking about a new figure, it went for pages and it does not seem to be that long ago. 

 

 

I use Poser 13 on Windows 11 - For Scene set up I use a Geekcom A5 -  Ryzen 9 5900HX, with 64 gig ram and 3 TB  storage, mini PC with final rendering done on normal sized desktop using an AMD Ryzen Threadipper 1950X CPU, Corsair Hydro H100i CPU cooler, 3XS EVGA GTX 1080i SC with 11g Ram, 4 X 16gig Corsair DDR4 Ram and a Corsair RM 100 PSU .   The desktop is in a remote location with rendering done via Queue Manager which gives me a clearer desktop and quieter computer room.