Rennie, To sum everything up for you, basically Micheal and Victoria have many more morphs, better accessories, and more sophisticated texture maps. Creative people here have learned to compensate for the deficiencies of the P4 people, however, and so they have the potential to look just as good as the DAZ people. I'd say a lot depends on how you intend to use your Poser people whether Micheal and Victoria are worth the money. Play around with the P4 people and see what you get, also visit the web galleries and compare images. Nothing says you have to run out and buy everything right away. Many of us here on the forums, although we'd love to, can't afford to get everything at one time either. I add a little something each month depending on my budget, if I were to buy everything I wanted right now I'd be broke. Good luck and happy posing. If you have any other questions just let us know. Tom