Well,

Here are my two cents worth:

The pros of Daz Stuido, in my opinon,:

1. I use Daz when I want to create a quick character quickly without too much effort, I tend to use DAZ.

2. This may sound sadistic to some, but I think Daz's controls is more user friendly. I can create long hallways and zoom in to make sure sections, or corners line up properly.

3. Forme, Daz Studio loads up faster.

4. The learning curve is less steep.  So, if you are JUST getting into graphics, this is a decent application.

The Pros of Poser 5, again in my opinon:

1. I can customize characters, such as give someone a blue eye and a brown eye.

2. I can use the material rooms to change textures on virtually anything I want/

3. After using the material room, I can save my object as a new item, so I do not have to re-create it over and over

4. I think the rendering is a LOT more realistic.

Those are just SOME of the high points of each. However, as someone stated, there are pros and cons to each. Each person has to decide what they "NEED" and what they are willing to put up with.