piracy: is it worth it?

i don know if i'd call it piracy... with that $100, maybe you feed your kids... i think u oughta do it. i meen, a $100 is a $100 bucks. right. so i agree just make sure the install don't go for no auto-update, either right after install or later - an your right (we think alike!), gotta be happy with the MR bits. also no sinse goin with no ultimate ether (bet you didnt think of that one ), it wants to get those 'extras' stuffs an I'm sure that will nuke it to. u jus gotta be careful, very very careful.

i dont think they write down yor mac-addr, cerl num, or nothing else like that if they get you cheat'n (I, like you, think M$ just dont care) - dude do it! trust me, i sure u get away with it... really, worst that happens is M$ just turns off the OS on your computr first try to get updates or some other stupid M$ file an u just wind-up install some other stolen copy at 2am... that gets real boring (i no!) but i say, no big deal. kids gotta eat - right - that's moss important!

hope that helps

it depends on your long term priority. Vista cost alot more than 100 squid in canada. In fact it cost nearly 500squid. Therefore piracy is inevitable since the public can't afford to spend that much hard earned cash on software that will be obsolete in 5yrs.

Don't do it because your piracy costs honest consumers such as myself since there will be less innovation if creators aren't being recompensed for their work. Work harder instead.

Explain the concept of Linux buddy.

Wow, I've read about test labs doing that, never heard about Joe User doing it 8O You're braver than I am

The only possible way that I would even consider a pirate version is if you are just using it to see what it is like, you won't keep it very long at all, and you are not connected to the Internet/other PCs (testing apps, etc). I'm contemplating it for Windows Home Server after I saw all the rave reviews after the last MS release - but it's only available to beta users, who are reporting it's extremely stable. I'll probably just end up waiting for it to release and get a copy from my company so I don't have to hassle with all of the associated problems.

In the third world countries everything from OS to games or software or music is pirated. Even it is very hard to find the original one. Because it is impossible for people in these countries to afford the original one as it is too much expensive. No one even care because it is the way of living in the third world countries or developing countries.

Edit: The technology improvement is slow in these countries. The internet speed is laughable, so very few dare to download big things from the net and also no one can play multiplayer through internet.

After all this time, Linux groups are still arguing how it fits the market. Half the user base wants many flavors of Linux for many different functions and the other half wants to increase its user base by standardization so that businesses can support it. I think Linux was a great idea that will end up as a novelty or niche technology because of this lack of consensus or ability to place a profitable business model on it. IBM and HP both tried a desktop Linux move and were dissed by the Linux community. So now, its a "if nothing else works try this" OS for their servers, where businesses will still require support services. "Free" may be fun to play with, but few companies will rely on it for an OS model. So piracy will continue, but for the most part its for places and people that wouldn't buy the product anyway so few companies care too much.

In the same thread that you brought up the cost, the OEM version is cheaper than XP. This was already proven.

Vista, from what I've seen, is far less buggy than XP pre-SP1. I'll also even argue that Vista runs my programs faster than XP.