I like both.  Each does what it does.  Right now - as in at this moment - DS has the superior render engine, without spending extra money.  So I'm using it.  

LOL I guess that makes me a whore.  Guilty! :D

No, I suspect that makes you someone who is enjoying their art and uses whatever software available to get the results you are looking for.   I think the saddest part of this thread is that it could mean we get no further sneek peeks which degrades the forum still further.  

For my part I am not at all sure that I will upgrade to the new Poser for very different reasons but a glimpse behind the scenes like this may convince me otherwise.  It was the same when they first introduced Sub Surface Scattering, I was not sure I would upgrade and then I saw what BB was doing with SSS and I was hooked.  Threads like this tell you a lot more about a feature than a marketing description when the product is launched but you do have to accept that, at this stage, they will not have all the answers.

 

 

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.