OK lets see I live on disability (Widely known fact that several here can attest too) $694 a month. $450.00 - Rent $50-$100 - Power $20 - Net $50 - Communcations Device (Phone) PLUS I have 2 dependants. (I do anything I can to make it) I have lived many years feeding from the tables of others. Spent lots of time in foster home when I was a kid due to not even having a roof over my head. (BTW what is your level of education? Mine you ask? 9th grade is as high as I went before my stealing and low finances prevented anymore schooling) Copying? WTFE That is a lame cop-out. Linux and others are free. (So what if they are not as expansive\capable as Windows, they still work) Yes software is VERY expensive and over-priced but it is still stealing from the tables of others. PLUS the REALLY nice side effect of SOPA, PITA, and ACTA... <- which is directly attributed to all of the people who simply "Copy" Lets see "Expensive"? Nearly ALL software has trial versions. How long do you need to test? A technet\MSDNN account is HIGLY affordable and provides you with several licenses\iso's and activations of MOST of MS's software. Myself personally? I could give a rats ass BUT I have a job to do and your ignorance\arrogance is plain bordering the narcisitic!