With the wealth of free and pirated software on the internet, paying for software has been a rarity for me. Of course, I don't mind buying software for my company, but paying my own money for software for myself personally just feels unnatural. Despite the fact that I currently make a living writing software. So what software have you opened your wallet for?

Several games - SimCity 2000 and 3000 back in the day, Civilization 2 and 4 (pirated 3) and I guess all the xbox360 and wii games I have
Split the cost of a Windows 2k upgrade license with my roommmate back in college
Been using EditPlus 2 for many years, am about to finally pay for a license for EditPlus 3

9/6/2008 9:48:43 PM

Xbox 360 games (I don't buy all that many, I'm more of a PC gamer)
PC games from companies I really want to support (Bioware, Bethesda, Creative Assembly, Relic, a few others)
Windows

Most of the rest of my non-game software is free anyway. open office for example

9/6/2008 10:09:13 PM

cod4, crysis
bunch of overpriced audio apps

9/6/2008 10:50:24 PM

I can't say that I often pay for them, but I avoid using pirated copies of Operating Systems. They're generally not worth the trouble.

9/6/2008 11:09:05 PM

mozy (unlimited backup)
PC games
i did pay for Windows Home Server OS

that's about it. i've gotten all of my legal OS's from MS giveaways and such, including Office. the rest of the stuff i need there's good freeware alternatives for. if it's high-end software i usually get it free through some student/educational program (like Autodesk stuff), etc.

[Edited on September 6, 2008 at 11:29 PM. Reason : .]

9/6/2008 11:28:21 PM

you have to pay?

9/6/2008 11:30:31 PM

Newsleecher. And really I don't feel like it's the software I'm paying for there but the subscription to the supersearch service.

DLC for Rock Band.

um...this is hard.

I bought a copy of Braid on XBL Arcade. Does that count?

9/7/2008 12:01:10 AM

CoD4, Silent Hunter III, the HL/Portal/TF2 Steam games

and the $60 MS Office deal, though I'm starting to hate outlook and it's total shit IMAP implementation

some bands that I like enough to financially support

[Edited on September 7, 2008 at 12:04 AM. Reason : ]

9/7/2008 12:03:46 AM

mozy
flickr
e - http://www.e-texteditor.com/ - it's awesome. basically vim for windows + a lot more.
shimo (multi vpn tunnel manager for os x)
anytime there's a macheist bundle i buy it

and:

donations to various private trackers
i pay for a technet subscription (every product microsoft makes)
company pays for an MSDN subscription for me (almost every product microsoft makes)

9/7/2008 12:04:02 AM

admin script editor, bluetooth functionality extender for pocketpcs/pdas, quick batch compiler, windows xp pro, windows xp media center, orange box, wow, hl1, counterstrike, cod2, and probably a few other games I'm missing. tons and tons of old (like OS7) mac stuff. the rest I get free or is open source.

9/7/2008 1:56:12 AM

newsleecher
newsbin
warcraft
office ultimate eventually

9/7/2008 4:21:51 AM

9/7/2008 8:49:33 AM

icwydt

9/7/2008 10:01:25 AM

did BobbyD delete his post?
when i go to tech-talk page, it shows last post by bobby

can i has delete powers too?

9/7/2008 11:48:08 AM

Games that are on steam(orange box, CSS/1.6,HL2,episodes,etc).

I recently paid for Poker Tracker Omaha. I'm guessing its hard to find niche software like this thats been hacked, plus stealing from an indie software company isn't very cool.

9/7/2008 5:04:22 PM

multiplayer pc games (steam, activision, dice), winamp, a/v, ...mirc

shit that is way too expensive (cs3, office) is always downloaded

[Edited on September 7, 2008 at 6:16 PM. Reason : blah]

9/7/2008 6:12:44 PM

^ you pay for winamp? why?

9/7/2008 8:34:10 PM

^I bought a pro license nearly 8 years ago.

9/7/2008 8:45:42 PM

Evan paid for a copy of poweriso as well and left the license information on his server that is open to the web.

9/7/2008 8:52:04 PM

i highly doubt he paid for it

..or if he did, i have a keygen he could have used

9/7/2008 8:56:23 PM

Keygen would be possible. All I know is it had his name associated with it along with a license

9/7/2008 8:58:45 PM

office 2007 enterprise for both of my computers

everything else i use is paid for by the university

i love the red hat site license

9/7/2008 8:59:37 PM

^^yeah you can use any name you want on the keygen i have

9/7/2008 9:00:24 PM

hah

Quote :

"Evan paid for a copy of poweriso as well and left the license information on his server that is open to the web."

yeah, i think i just forgot to take it down

it wasn't purchased.

[Edited on September 7, 2008 at 10:28 PM. Reason : the other numbers you see in there are for the cs3 master collection and magicISO]

9/7/2008 10:24:47 PM

Coda
Transmit
Office for Mac (only 25 bucks)
Shifter theme system for wordpress
OS X

9/7/2008 10:27:35 PM

oh yeah

i paid for OS X

and i got a good deal on logic studio so i bought that as well

9/7/2008 10:30:23 PM

last software i bought was monopoly tycoon i think, in like 2002/2003

9/7/2008 10:34:56 PM

coreavc pro
any games online only
google earth

9/7/2008 10:36:05 PM

Quote :

"Office for Mac (only 25 bucks)"

where you get it for 25?

9/7/2008 10:57:12 PM

student discount

9/8/2008 12:19:37 AM

^
can i has it?

[Edited on September 8, 2008 at 1:38 AM. Reason : could you get a copy for me...pm sent]

9/8/2008 1:38:18 AM

Windows XP Pro - Came with a bundle from Intel that I got working at Best Buy. It was $299 for like $800.00 worth of hardware AND the legit copy of Win XP.

Office 2007 Pro - Ultimate Steal Price $59.99

Both of those were retardedly good deals.

9/8/2008 8:22:37 AM

I do pay for my games (minus diablo II ). I mean, especially if its a good game or I have had fun playing sequels (C&C games / NFS Games, etc). I mean, paying for the games helps keep them in business so that they can designing/creating new games in the future. If I like them, I'll pay for a legal copy and "support" them to make more of what I enjoy. (poor Origin I wish they were still around...)

As for applications, I use Open Office (something like that) and try to find other programs that emulate or are simular to ones that I need. The last thing I didn't pay for was Maple 12, and that's because I have a friend that has it, but instead of borrowing his laptop every time I need it, he has temporarily loaned the program so I may complete my school work. My mom always said never let anything stand in the way of my education, especially money...

I'll uninstall it when I am done. I promise.

[Edited on September 8, 2008 at 2:58 PM. Reason : .]

9/8/2008 2:56:54 PM

so who's going to pay for spore
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080908-gamers-fight-back-against-lackluster-spore-gameplay-bad-drm.html

9/8/2008 2:58:15 PM

Quote :

""Creating" your creatures is pointless (cosmetic only, because everything is based on stats), and brings you about the same excitement as dressing up a plastic doll. "

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[NO]

9/8/2008 3:02:24 PM

I think it funny that many of you are paying for software/services that enable you to more effectively steal software (and movies and music).

9/8/2008 6:04:29 PM

^are you talking about paying an isp?

9/8/2008 6:51:56 PM

i think he's talking about paying for newsgroups.

9/8/2008 7:12:45 PM

^ correct

9/9/2008 12:49:38 AM

What's funny about that?

9/10/2008 3:45:43 AM

I paid for Adobe CS3 Web Premium yesterday.












with my boss's amex.

9/10/2008 10:38:35 AM

Quote :

"What's funny about that?"

you really need someone to explain this one?

9/10/2008 10:45:13 AM

ironic might be a more appropriate word than funny

9/10/2008 11:34:51 AM

^

9/10/2008 7:33:40 PM