I have vast amounts of the damn things, never use 90% of em. most of em are shite any way.
get ya knowledge of one sequencer up to scratch, your fav loop player, editing should also be a major priority.
I just cannot afford to buy these appz, less even trust the manufacturers to update regularly or solve the bugs. (have you read the disclaimers on the software licenses ever?)
i dont own windoze XP either.
i own winzip. (seriously)
Perversley the best VST fx i have ever used is the KJhause audio Filter found on blackaudio (cheers loopdon)
its an old chestnut. i admit to being an appz horder, and a sad one at that.