THANK YOU Microsoft!

Microsoft has been awfully nice to me. I had participated in online surveys about Microsoft Office for over a year with the prospect of receiving a reward.

But I never realised just what a reward it would be. Free copies of Windows Vista Ultimate and Microsoft Office Ultimate!

The only problem was that I didn't think my current PC could take them, even though the upgrade tool says it could. It's awfully slow to power up, and sometimes complains when I have several apps open at once, so I gave the software to my daughter who has a more up-to-date PC.

Today I discovered that the combination of software costs £777 on Amazon. Hmmm.

Was I TOO generous?