Another great option is to scan eBay for gamer builds. Some guys make a small profit by purchasing all the parts and building the comps themselves, then selling them on eBay minus the bloatware. Even with the cut they have to pay eBay, and the profit they make themselves, you get 50% more computer for your dollar with them, and many of them also include the warranty on parts (you just have to double check this). Typically they'll come with a pirated version of Windows running, but it's fully cracked and functional. The only drawback is that you won't get a discount on an upgrade to the next Windows OS, and in the context of this thread, who would want Windows 8 over Windows 7?
My favorite email client that I ever used was Microsoft's Entourage X, which was a premium alternative to their Outlook software for Mac computers that integrated with Microsoft Office, but they abandoned it after 2008, and it was never compatible on Intel Macs or anything on OS X 10.5+.
