I think people who complain tend to be more vocal than people who are satisifed. I'm not saying that's wrong...it's a way to let off steam and share information on how to solve problems and it's a fact of life. I think most of my problem are due to (a) a lack of experience with 3D programs....Poser is the only one I've used to any degree, (b) a lack of experience with making adjustments to my computer (it scares me to tweak the settings back and forth), and (c) a lack of adequate memory or whatever it is that Poser needs to run properly. If I had it to do over again, I'd wait for the bugs to be eased out and buy a later version. I'm stuck with Poser 5 now and I hate using it because I never know when my computer will freeze or the program will crash because I didn't do something in a perfect sequence. I need more dummy proof software. On the other hand, some people are doing wonderful things with Poser 5. Tutorials are starting to come out and there is magic in some of the graphics. I think you need to decide for yourself if this is the time to jump in or not. I'm not sure polling is going to give you the answer you want.