I have an idea that Poser 5 will indeed be the best version of Poser yet. Curious Labs finally had the chance to create the product from scratch, rather than to make another company's flawed version work. CL took their time as well. It's entirely possible that some of us (myself included) are worrying too much about the price. After all maybe CL can see that they'd make more "in quantity" if they allowed an affordable upgrade price. This would be the best way to capitalize (spelling?) on the excitement.