I really like a word processor called "Atlantis" that I have used in the past. (ok, a friend gave me a free copy, and I got used to using it, but that copy doesn't work on Windows 7) I figured it is time for me to buy my own full version anyway, and support the program authors. The program is well designed, and very compact. It is also quite intuitive, which is worth a lot to me.
So, I was about to spend $35 on the Atlantis word processor, but then I noticed they had some offer called "trialpay", where you sign up for an offer, and then once you have successfully done that, you get a full download of a registered copy of Atlantis word processor.
I browsed the offers, and the only one that stood out was RealArcade Gamepass. If you sign up for a 30 day free trial, you get a tetris clone game, plus another game of your choice. Then, each month you pay a $9.99 subscription fee, and in exchange you get to download a full version game.
Now, I'm thinking, hmm. I was about to spend $35 for the full version of Atlantis word processor. However, instead I can subscribe for a couple of months, pay $10, and get 2 shareware games. I see that "Plants vs Zombies" is on the list, and I was being tempted to register that for $20 anyway.
So if I sign up for this, I end up spending $10 total for 2 months. I get Plants vs Zombies for that $10, instead of paying $20 to register it. Plus, I also get Atlantis, and another game.
Seems like a better deal, eh? However, I'm still on dialup, and though many of the games seem small enough to download on dialup, I was wanting to know if any of you have experience with RealArcade or Trialpay.
I'm afraid I'm going to start getting loads of junk mail from trialpay or RealArcade. I'm also worried that the RealArcade download manager, though it is a small download at about 600k, might either slow my system down, be intrusive, or keep track of my browsing habits. (spyware-like)
If anyone has any experience with either of these two programs, I would appreciate it if you could post your thoughts here. Thanks!
> I really like a word processor called "Atlantis" that I have used in > the past. (ok, a friend gave me a free copy, and I got used to using it, > but that copy doesn't work on Windows 7) I figured it is time for me to > buy my own full version anyway, and support the program authors. The > program is well designed, and very compact. It is also quite intuitive, > which is worth a lot to me.
> So, I was about to spend $35 on the Atlantis word processor, but then > I noticed they had some offer called "trialpay", where you sign up for > an offer, and then once you have successfully done that, you get a full > download of a registered copy of Atlantis word processor.
> I browsed the offers, and the only one that stood out was RealArcade > Gamepass. If you sign up for a 30 day free trial, you get a tetris > clone game, plus another game of your choice. Then, each month you pay > a $9.99 subscription fee, and in exchange you get to download a full > version game.
> Now, I'm thinking, hmm. I was about to spend $35 for the full > version of Atlantis word processor. However, instead I can subscribe > for a couple of months, pay $10, and get 2 shareware games. I see that > "Plants vs Zombies" is on the list, and I was being tempted to register > that for $20 anyway.
> So if I sign up for this, I end up spending $10 total for 2 months. > I get Plants vs Zombies for that $10, instead of paying $20 to register > it. Plus, I also get Atlantis, and another game.
> Seems like a better deal, eh? However, I'm still on dialup, and > though many of the games seem small enough to download on dialup, I was > wanting to know if any of you have experience with RealArcade or Trialpay.
> I'm afraid I'm going to start getting loads of junk mail from > trialpay or RealArcade. I'm also worried that the RealArcade download > manager, though it is a small download at about 600k, might either slow > my system down, be intrusive, or keep track of my browsing habits. > (spyware-like)
> If anyone has any experience with either of these two programs, I > would appreciate it if you could post your thoughts here. Thanks!
I have tested Atlantis several times including recently. I find that the image processing is severely lacking compared to MSW. Also, While documents are supposed to be converted from and to MS format, they end up with major errors. I cannot use a word processor that will not create completely portable documents. But if I never had MSW, I would not know the difference. I also can convert anything to a PDF which is then universally portable, but somewhat a bother.
Regarding browser clicks and monitoring, if you don't know how to monitor your system, you should not be running games (or maybe not a computer for that matter). Of course if you have your hard disk cloned, you are safe. You do don't you?
I use dial-up too and pay $9.95/mo. Meanwhile, I also have something called FreeISP that connects at the same 45kb and so far has sent no nags, hijackers or spam. I just like my regular email too much to go completely free. DSL is only $19.95 in my area and probably yours too.
Bottom line: Much like the breaking cameras, perhaps a computer for the kids and one for you is the way to go.
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