I’ve paid for Quicken (which I hate, but have too much data to migrate elsewhere), WinRAR (which I use for backups), and Lightroom. Everything else on my computer is free software.

I have paid for all my games. Most of which are from Steam, which were on sale when I bought them.

I am using a really old version of Microsoft Office (Word and Excel) which came with a really old Dell laptop which I no longer use…so I guess technically I paid for that.

I’ve got MusicMatch Jukebox which I bought a live time upgrade to years ago. A lot of good that did.
Had some stuff for Win 98, but don’t use it.
Got Office 2k also, but it was given to me.
There’s so much free software out there you really don’t need to buy anything.

Other than games, none.

Here are some that I have bought and still use:

Winpatrol (thanks to the sweet deal mentioned here.)
Finale 2009
Sharpeye
CD Trustee

Although I use the above for work, I bought them and use them at home some too.

Work exclusively (but sometimes work at home. )

Church Musician
Service Designer
Roxio Media Creator (not sure if that is the exact title)

This doesn’t include programs that I bought on the computer when new or ones that come with hardware (such as photo software with scanner or Pinnacle software with card etc.

Games.

Quickin Willmaker.

And that is about it. I have the old MS Office on my desktop that I had via a work license to work at home, so it was technically purchased by my employer. On my personal laptop, I just use OpenOffice.

- Microsoft Office 2007 Small Business
- Roboform Pro
- Babylon
- Kaspersky Antivirus
- WinPatrol PLUS (thanks for the nice tip-off)

The prices of all the above are reasonable in my humble opinion, with the exception of Microsoft’s, which have always been monopolistic and notorious.

WinPatrol (prior to sweet deal. darn)
Limewire Pro
DVD Profiler

I live in Linux 95% of the time but have two mandatory and proprietary applications that I really have to use under Windows. AutoCAD and MS Access – both of which I purchased (but under their EULAs, I might, I believe, not actually own).
Yes, there are workarounds but not worth the hassle.
For everything else, I use Open Source – usually equal to or better than its costly cousin and free.
A lot of Open Source, especially common applications, exists in Windows, Mac and Linux versions. A good example is Open Office and if somebody wants to debate its merits or faults, I’m happy to do so.
A fairly complete list of equivalents is in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_and_open_source_software_packages

I will never pay for software when free alternatives are available! When it comes to Microsoft, there is no free, just pay up! which I never do.

I personally tend to favour SSuite Office’s free office software.

Their software also don’t need to run on Java or .NET, so it makes the software very small and efficient.

http://www.ssuitesoft.com/index.htm