I got MilkShape because it was an inexpensive modeler with UT figures to play with ... and I wanted to see how meshes were done (when I first cracked UEd).
Except for my PC itself - which took me 9 months to save up for (parts only ... I had to build it myself ... got a real nice one though but only 40 GB Diamond Max ata-133 IDE hd cause I ran out of $$ for the RAID o SATAs I really want ... had to settle for 9600XT too, instead of 9800XT and bigger).
Everything else is a gift from somebody ... including my Windows XP Professional VLK Corporate OS !! Ran out of $$ for the OS itself ... big thanks to my buddy for that one !!)
So I try and make do with what I can (sigh - sniff sniff) LoL
