Let me defend Poser. I too was somewhat disappointed, as I had to switch my screen resolution up (which now I'm used to), and the interface was not customized how I like it, and there is a LEARNING CURVE - and the app seems slow. BUT, consider this: 1. The interface is customizable, and I have customized it, and am now IN LOVE WITH IT! I can import and MAKE MORPHS SO EASY! I can delete them, REARRANGE THEM, and it is smooth! 2. Poser 5 is indeed slower than Poser 4 because it is more powerful, and of course, more powerful hardware is required. Most of the complaints are adjustment complaints because of the speed of Poser 4 versus 5, because they just switched on to Poser 5, thus enhancing the noticeable contrast. 3. This is the BIGGEST UPGRADE IN POSER HISTORY. Poser 4 wasn't even really an upgrade, in my opinion, over 3. The only thing that was different was that it could read Mike and Vicky, who basically sold me on Poser 4. Mike is the reason I got Poser 4. This new installment of Poser has SO MUCH NEW STUFF that adjusting to it may be hard, but as I am discovering the new features, and how they work, I'm in love with them!!!! The biggest features are: The CLOTH room, the HAIR room, and the Firefly engine, which can do things that the standard P4 can't, however, you might want to perceive Firefly like the Bryce engine, not through the lens of the traditional Poser Rendering Engine. I guarantee that in the end, the critics will be proved wrong. The only thing that can derail Poser, in my opinion, is if Daz3D stops their content support for the program. God bless, Ben