For me it's easy... Daz studio is in "early stages" and we have no definite release date. A good guess is sometime in mid 2003 but it could be as late as 2004. I need better capabilities than Poser4 >now<. It makes no sense for me to wait 6 months to a year for added capability because anothe program I have seen one screenhot of >might< be better. Why would I lose 6 months for that? I am running Poser5 and I will do it until something better comes along - maybe Daz studio and maybe a Poser upgrade. I don't have an political issues either way. Of course since I use it professionally the equasion is different for me... in 6 months I would LOSE more money staying with Poser4 than Poser5 retails for. It just makes sense for me to stay up to date.