Tomsde- I havn't upgraded yet but it sounds like you could be better off with V2 and its' Bones feature. Carrara does a better job for rendering then your other options so I'd consider bringing your Vue backrounds & Poser models into Carrara to render. I though I saw somewhere that some people are working on Carrara Bones for Poser characters (Ringo mabey). Max- I'm still on my PowerBook with OS 9.1, I did swap out my HD for an IBM 30gig Travelstar to "get ready" for OSX but without a G4 chip I'm in no big hurry. May end up waiting 'til the next tower models come out & then buy one of last years models at reduced price.