most expensive software you ever paid for?

[bledd]

how many of you would pay say £29.99 for Windows if that's how much it was for home users?

I do pay for Windows now, but when I was growing up, I simply didn't have the money to shell out the extra £100 for an OS

I assume many others on here are in the same boat, and would rather spend the £50-100 on a better graphics card.




Microsoft need to lower the price of the Home market software dramatically imo, for the end user anyway. They must be missing out on a substantial ammount in the enthusiast area

 

[Ratbag]

I assume you are running flashfxp on windows, is there a free version of windows i am not aware of?

Yes, there is!

I spent £12ish on Admuncher about 8 years ago. There are freeware alternatives for everything I need.

 

[mjones1]

I have never paid for software before.

:O

 

[Mr.Nick]

Win Xp

 

[johny dolan]

Vista home basic retail £179.99

 

[Sgt_Pepper]

Bought Photoshop CS2 for the girlfriend a few christmas's back, that wasn't cheap

 

[Fire Wizard]

Vista home basic retail £179.99

I must say, that's pretty expensive since you can actually now get a retail license of Windows Vista Home Premium for £135.69.

The most I have ever paid for software was around £80 which was an OEM license of Windows Vista Home Premium.

 

[whitecrook]

Software I use that I have personally paid for is Digiguide. I don't even know how much it is but I think I bought 3 years or something for £20..

 

[Felix Da Housecat]

I think it would be OEM Vista Home Premium as i've not purchased that much software.

 

[daztrouk]

 

[konicky]

What is the most expensive software you ever paid for, for personal use, not work's.

Photoshop CS4 here @ £850...

You?

Presumably that was a package containing CS4, not just Photoshop CS4?

 

[ste-sim2x9]

Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit Oem £145.99

 

[nolimit]

Student version of the Adobe Studio 8 (Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Contribute) for around £100 and Paint Shop Pro X2 for around £70.

And loads of other crappy software £10-60 software - Windows XP, DVD authoring, HDD Recovery, Photo Editing etc.

 

[memyselfandi]

I purchased Corel Draw several years ago for something I was doing ... cost a few hundred (it was a while a go so can't remember an exact figure).

 

[johny dolan]

I must say, that's pretty expensive since you can actually now get a retail license of Windows Vista Home Premium for £135.69.

The most I have ever paid for software was around £80 which was an OEM license of Windows Vista Home Premium.

I bought vista on the day of its release so it was top price.Just checked the price now from where i bought it and the new price is Price inc VAT £139.99

 

[MikeHunt79]

ableton live

and thats about it really

8? I've beenplaying with the demo lately, it's very good....

 

[DragonWoLf]

Vista Ultimate.

jesus yeah, but retail cost me £200!!!

 

[peterattheboro]

I'm sorry to admit but I can't afford to buy the big expensive programs. Not when it's so so so easy to just download stuff.

Therefore the most expensive software I've bought is gonna be a PC game at about £30! BF2, FM2008 etc.

Everything through work though is paid for.

 

[KaHn]

Not me personally but my company pays for MSC Nastran/Patran, Autocad Mechanical 2009 and COSMOS F.E. will be more if I get my way and get Inventor/3D modelling software.

KaHn

 

[JohnJan]

Photoshop CS2, 3Ds Max 8 and Visual Studio 2005 - can't remember exactly how much it cost, but my bank balance was hurting afterwards

Wanting to upgrade to CS4, Max 2010, Visual Studio 2008 (or 2010 by the time I can afford it) soon-ish.