How much $$ have you wasted on Microsoft/Apple software?

[schauerlich]

I went 3 ways on the student version of MS Office for Mac, about $30 to me. I should have had to pay for Leopard when I upgraded, but my brother already had a disk and luckily Steve doesn't have the 15 character WGA code of the box to follow. Installed just fine. : )

[Sunflower1970]

$0 on Apple.

Microsoft: Not sure. All the computers I've bought had one MS OS or another on them, and I don't know what percentage of that money went towards the OS...But if I did have any other MS software I never bought it...

I do admit to loving their keyboards and mice though. Not sure how much I've spent on MS hardware...Maybe $200-$300 over the past 8 years..?

[jrusso2]

All of the microsoft software I own I got Free from Microsoft.

One copy Vista Ultimate - Free for attending Server 2008 release
One copy Vista Ultimate - Free for doing a survey.
One Copy Office 2007 Free for attending Vista Release event
Once copy Server 2008 free for attending Server 2008 release event

[cardinals_fan]

I do admit to loving their keyboards and mice though.

Microsoft mice are nice

[Frak]

Microsoft = Over many years, possibly over $5,000 or more
Apple = At LEAST $12,000

[Rhubarb]

I paid the m$ tax on two notebooks, so I guess that comes to ~ $200.
I only used windows on one of the notebooks for 4 days before switching to ubuntu

[LaRoza]

I paid the m$ tax on two notebooks, so I guess that comes to ~ $200.
I only used windows on one of the notebooks for 4 days before switching to ubuntu

The cost of Windows for an OEM installation would be about $20 I think. So it is $40. It doesn't matter the version, as MS needs it to be preinstalled on the hardware for widespread use.

[Ultra Magnus]

Paid the ms tax on 2 laptops and thats it.

I have however bought a copy of Ubuntu from PC World for £10 - Vista crapped my computer up and I had no way of fixing it (no spare cds or anything) so I had no choice.

[Tundro Walker]

I've only wasted enough $ to be able to get on this forum and complain about it.

[executor]

0$ i used to pirate every thing, now i use linux ubuntu, don`t pirate software eny more, and it`s easyer.