Im too lazy atm too read whole topic fully, but i agree with some opinions here about free Delphi version.
Why they killed Turbo's? Im thinking about buying starter edition but many people say its a cr*p, what to do then?
I would use Lazarus, but there are too many components yet which do not work in Lazarus.
I use D7 Personal, but im lucky, since i dont mess with DB, so personal is fine for me.
I have the license for it.

But this is OT already.