Non-free software worth paying for.

[aimeeandbeatles]

I can't think of any right off, but if you do, post here

 

[Genocidicbunny]

If you're using Windows and love to chat on IRC, mIRC is so worth the 20$ it costs.

 

[NikNaks]

To be honest, I can't think of anything either. I do my IRC chatting through Firefox (Chatzilla), so mIRC doesn't work for me.

 

[GVBN]

Games and nothing else

 

[Zelig]

Windows, MS Office, AdMuncher.

 

[NikNaks]

Windows, MS Office, AdMuncher.

Linux with Windoze, OpenOffice or Symphony, Firefox with AdBlock add-on.

 

[Zelig]

Linux with Windoze, OpenOffice or Symphony, Firefox with AdBlock add-on.

I have Linux, openoffice and Firefox. They don't cover the same bases as Windows, MS Office and Opera.

I'm well aware of the capabilities of each, and if I thought my money would be better spent elsewhere, wouldn't be buying the software.

 

[NikNaks]

I concede that MSOffice is a lot more powerful than the free alternatives, but it's still a lot of money to be spending. As for Opera v Firefox, we could be here all day arguing.

 

[Zelig]

I concede that MSOffice is a lot more powerful than the free alternatives, but it's still a lot of money to be spending. As for Opera v Firefox, we could be here all day arguing.

$60 for MS Office Ultimate 2007. (if you're a student)

 

[NikNaks]

Can't get it for under £100 over here, even being a student. And then, you only get the basics. Still, I'd pay $60 if there was that kind of offer here.

 

[GoodGame]

Kaspersky internet suite, Microsoft Office (slowly learning 2007), XP pro, ?

 

[Zelig]

Can't get it for under £100 over here, even being a student. And then, you only get the basics. Still, I'd pay $60 if there was that kind of offer here.

£40 for students in the UK.

 

[NikNaks]

That's still a very limited offer here. Most schools have a different suffix to email addresses. If it opens up, I'm grabbing it. Thanks for the tip

 

[Phlegmak]

Notation Composer is worth paying for.

Games too.

 

[lndm]

I concede that MSOffice is a lot more powerful

[rant]Yeah, it has features coming out of its ears alright. Word's OK.....after I find out how to tell it not to bring up those formatting tags that jump in front and wont go away.....and stop trying to select the whole sentence unless I mouse over it, and show the whole of menus instead of hiding half of them, and not to rush off to the net every time it thinks I need help, and get rid of those wavy red and green lines over the page.

A little more like word97 would be OK

I say that word is mature and it's about time it came with windows in place of wordpad as standard. [/rant]

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Wordpad hasn't been updated since Windows 95, I think.
Notepad hasn't been updated since at least Windows 3.1. Probably same as the first Windows. I know this as I was playing with my DOSBox version of 3.1.

 

[mdwh]

Opera is free, anyway.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

So is FireFox.

 

[Onionsoilder]

I actually prefer Open Office over MSO...

 

[Speedo]

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