@Doric
I think the bottom line is that Poser is strictly for die-hards now (fanboys and fangirls).  I think it's been like that for a long time now, not that there's anything wrong with that, it's obvious why people stand by Poser.  But the bulk of Poser's userbase obviously moved over to iClone and DS long ago, they're sick of lagging behind with prehistoric technology, and they'll continue to be sick of it for as long as dumb-ass decisions such as incorporating a modern GPU-capable renderer and not making use of the GPU rendering ability - are forthcoming.  It doesn't need confirmation, it is a dumb decision, the year is 2015, not 2005.

There's a reason there is so much blacklash from the people here, it's because it's so dumb.  Nerd's post reads almost like a prankster posted it. In fact if it didn't have Nerd's name above it, I would actually have thought it was a prank, but it's gone April so it must be real.  It just feels amateur and nothing like what I would expect a Sneak Preview from Poser's Product Manager to look like.

Such things should be done with professionalism and in an enticing way, but as it happens, it was as comical as the people (like you) who are defending it.
Keep it up, cause just like the dinosaurs, you could become extinct.