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I just dont understand what constitutes a 499.99+ price for programs!
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<blockquote data-quote="lil" data-source="post: 201224"><p>And to add, maybe I'm an exception to the rule here. I look at my Mac and find actually there isn't *loads* of software. On the commercial side of things I find:</p><p></p><p>* Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Family Pack (since I have two Macs)</p><p>* Adobe Creative Suite 2 Standard (upgraded from Photoshop 7, which was upgraded from Photoshop 5, which was upgraded from Photoshop 3...)</p><p>* Corel Painter IX</p><p>* iLife '06</p><p>* Microsoft Office 2004 Standard</p><p></p><p>And that's it. I evidently didn't get that lot all in one go either, but I saved long enough for each product. I have a few registered shareware apps like Quicktime Pro, RapidWeaver--uhh, that's it in fact and that is all I use.</p><p></p><p>Generally speaking—I would assume that people don't use 100s or even 20 big applications, but rather have a close knit set of 10 or so apps. In my case that would be Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Word, Excel, RapidWeaver, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD and Corel Painter.</p><p></p><p>The more important thing is the data and for that there are 1000s of files. So really, if you were to save long and hard enough if you have to, the expenditure on software isn't necessarily that high. Especially if you are anticipating to earn something back from that.</p><p></p><p>Most of all, having nice boxes and manuals, and support from the publishing house really clinches the deal for me.</p><p></p><p>In all, I have on the above software spent around £1100 tops; not much considering how much I use and value the software, and I'm not one for buying the latest version unless there is enough to compel me to do so.</p><p></p><p>Vicky</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lil, post: 201224"] And to add, maybe I'm an exception to the rule here. I look at my Mac and find actually there isn't *loads* of software. On the commercial side of things I find: * Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Family Pack (since I have two Macs) * Adobe Creative Suite 2 Standard (upgraded from Photoshop 7, which was upgraded from Photoshop 5, which was upgraded from Photoshop 3...) * Corel Painter IX * iLife '06 * Microsoft Office 2004 Standard And that's it. I evidently didn't get that lot all in one go either, but I saved long enough for each product. I have a few registered shareware apps like Quicktime Pro, RapidWeaver--uhh, that's it in fact and that is all I use. Generally speaking—I would assume that people don't use 100s or even 20 big applications, but rather have a close knit set of 10 or so apps. In my case that would be Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Word, Excel, RapidWeaver, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD and Corel Painter. The more important thing is the data and for that there are 1000s of files. So really, if you were to save long and hard enough if you have to, the expenditure on software isn't necessarily that high. Especially if you are anticipating to earn something back from that. Most of all, having nice boxes and manuals, and support from the publishing house really clinches the deal for me. In all, I have on the above software spent around £1100 tops; not much considering how much I use and value the software, and I'm not one for buying the latest version unless there is enough to compel me to do so. Vicky [/QUOTE]
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