[ShadowAce]

[sionnsar]

So long as the product I was picking up for free did not fail so poorly in its task as to cause harm or be completely useless, I would pick it up.

I have here a free Toshiba e740 (Windows) PocketPC, one that was given away. It is not completely useless, but is unreliable enough I won't use it (probably why it was given away). Yes, I picked it up, though I've regretted it. (If there were only a Linux port for it...)

[shorty_harris]

Pretty interesting. I didn't that think many people were using 'cracked' operating systems. I don't, and frankly, I don't know anybody who does.

Right now I have a difficult decision to make. I use windows 2000 for games. Recently, though, I bought a couple of games that won't work on Win2K. Do I buy a copy of WinXP Pro ($140 on ebay for an OEM copy), and risk getting locked out of using it because of the activation mess (I'm always swapping hardware)? I guess I could buy the full retail version, but I'm having a hard enough time trying to justify $140 for the OEM.

I'm actually considering selling the two games I just bought, and just accepting the fact that I can't play modern PC games.

[Oberon]

pingferlater.