Cherokee, I agree. My thoughts are, if the specs are too high for a lot of us, we simply won't buy it. I will barely be able to afford the price of P5 itself (and not even right away, either, because I have some real world bills that have to come first), let alone never be able to upgrade my computer. I just bought this one about a year and a half ago and I'm still paying on it. I'm not about to upgrade or buy a new one now. I have limited funds. If the program requires more computer than what I have, I can't buy it. Simple as that. I don't have a money tree growing out in my back yard. There might be a lot of people buying P5, then getting home to find out they can't use it on their existing computer, and if they're like me and can't afford to upgrade the computer, they'll be returning Poser 5 for a refund. I just don't understand all the mystery about Poser 5 in the first place and frankly I'm getting a little tired of it. A little honesty would be nice. Melanie