Epinions Recent Reviews for BrianThomason

Corel WordPerfect 8 (Unix): Well, it is free

Fri, 21 Sep 2001 19:04:26 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - I am reviewing the free downloadable version of Corel Wordperfeect for Linux. I highly doubt the $99 personal version is much better, as the only major addition I know of, is the ability to add new fonts.

I bought a copy of this on Ebay a few...

Dell Inspiron 2500 Series: Not bad at all

Mon, 27 Aug 2001 22:14:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - Well, I just started my second semester of college now, and one of their new requirements is that every student must own a laptop.

Well, I'm completely broke at 19 years of age, so I turn to my dad, who of course, wants something cheap...
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DirectTV now knows DSL too

Mon, 27 Aug 2001 21:24:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - In case you didn't already know, the Hugh's Corporation owned DirectTV has now purchased Telocity, one of the largest home, ADSL providers around...

ALOT of people have complained about Telocity's slow install times, but within 2 weeks, I had...

The absolute best in its price range!

Sat, 23 Jun 2001 04:27:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - Price Paid: $113 + shipping

Where: Ebay

Condition: New

I was a bit reluctacnt to buy with the bid price being as low as it was, but I thought, "It's Kenwood - It can't be THAT BAD!"...

Luckily I won the auction and must...

Decent

Sat, 23 Jun 2001 04:06:23 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - I bought this little puppy off of Ubid for $59 + Shipping which equalled out to about $75... (However, it was refurbished and had a Huge dent in the back - It retails for about $200)

The exterior is jet-black, and quite sleak looking in my...

A decent deal

Sat, 9 Jun 2001 02:22:18 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - My sister gave me this printer a while back after my Lexmark 1020 started to anger me having to switch between color and black cartridges... I installed linux shortly thereafter and when it was actually easy to setup, I had to keep it...

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A little old, but it still does the job

Sat, 9 Jun 2001 02:06:17 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - My sister gave me this "bad boy" about 2 years ago now I guess... While yes, it is a bit slow, it does an excellent job of scanning and is bundled with I-Photo Plus 4 which allows you to crop and edit your scanned images...

While I-Photo is...

Debian GNU: Gotta love that Linux!

Tue, 10 Apr 2001 01:56:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - Well, out of the few distributions I've used including Red Hat and Mandrake, Debian may not be the easiest, but it's definitely the best! I grabbed a copy of their latest, but outdated, stable edition on CD from cheapbytes.com for 11 bucks... You can...

Lexmark 1020 Color JetPrinter: Good in its day

Thu, 22 Feb 2001 23:28:23 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - I'm one of those people who says,"if it ain't broke, don't fix it", and "If you don't need the latest and greatest, don't waste your money on it".

I bought my Lexmark 1020 printer about three years ago at Wal Mart for about $120 partially...

Lidan Download Accelerator: FREE is always good

Mon, 5 Feb 2001 12:13:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - With all the download accelerators out there like GetRight, Gozilla, etc... I'd say that Download Accelerator is the best for a couple of reasons:

For one, it's free and has the same features as other paid versions like Getright...

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A poor man's dream!

Mon, 5 Feb 2001 02:07:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - Well, I'm a hardcore AMD fan and haven't had an Intel based machine since my old Packard Bell 486DX. My first AMD chip was a K5 PR166 which ran at 116mhz - Very poor chip here. Then I moved up to the AMD K6-2 333 and must say that it almost lived up to...

Don't waste your money

Sat, 3 Feb 2001 22:45:09 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - Well, I just upgraded to Windows ME ignoring the countless number of reasons not to, and I must say I am VERY disappointed.

The main reason most people like ME is because they say it's more stable, but I'd say it might be slightly more...

Leadman Electronic Co. FIC AZ11: Looking for stability?

Sat, 3 Feb 2001 05:43:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - I just upgraded to an AMD Duron 650mhz system with this FIC AZ 11 as my motherboard. NICE BOARD HERE even though it is outdated now by the AZ 11E.

Stability is its best feature, in my opinion, but it also has some other things going for it...

It works for me

Sat, 3 Feb 2001 05:13:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - I just upgraded my computer by buying a new motherboard, case, cpu, memory, and video card saving me hundreds of dollars. One of the little beauties that came in this system is the now rather old, 32 Meg Diamond Viper II 220 with the S3 Savage2000...

A bit pricey but well worth it

Sat, 3 Feb 2001 04:56:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - After 3 years of utter pain and frustration from using two different LT Winmodems (one ISA and one PCI) I decided to upgrade my system and dish out the extra cash for a REAL modem.

While Winmodems can be picked up for around 30 bucks...

All Advantage: It's such a bittersweet symphony

Wed, 10 Jan 2001 01:40:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - Well, I'm sure you know what All Advantage is by now, but if you don't: You download their Viewbar, which can be docked to either the top or bottom of the screen, and they pay you to view ads. There's so many of these types of programs out there now,...

Archived Web Services Reviews: LP.org - Republicans? Democrats? Who needs them?!?

Mon, 8 Jan 2001 23:23:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - LP.org - If you have an open mind, prepare to be dazzled by the most unpolitically correct yet most thought-provoking third party out there today!

Alot of people think that when they go to the polls, they either have to cast their vote for...

Gator: Thanks Gator! So true!

Sun, 7 Jan 2001 09:41:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - Where do I begin? What a great program! I've used a couple other similar programs whose names I won't mention, that don't even half-way measure up to gator. While Gator doesn't work all the time (I'd say it fills in at least part of 85% of all forms...

Areofox Foxmail2.1: Outlook Who?

Sun, 7 Jan 2001 09:10:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - Well, I have used a half dozen or so email programs in my time including but not limited to, Outlook Express, Netscape's email client, Opera's email client, Eudora lite, Eudora Pro, etc... Outlook Express was the only one that gave me all the features...

What a deal!

Sun, 7 Jan 2001 04:38:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - Wow, what a deal this baby was! I was scanning around for DVD Players on the internet and couldn't find a new one that was much cheaper on the net than it was in stores. Just before was about to give up my search and take a trip to Circuit City, I...

Almost exactly what I was looking for!

Sun, 7 Jan 2001 04:14:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - The JVC 20120 is a great television. It is the only 20" TV that I could find in the stores in my area that had bot A/V Inputs AND Outputs... The outputs are VERY important to me as I will soon be purchasing a surround sound system for my DVD...

Stupid humor at its best!

Tue, 2 Jan 2001 05:54:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - Basically, Half Baked is a movie about 4 stoners - Kenny, Brian, Thurgood, and Scarface. They live together in a small apartment along with "The guy on the couch". While at home in their humble apartment, they spend all of their time...

AOL Instant Messenger: Definitely worth the download

Mon, 1 Jan 2001 06:33:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - I first downloaded AIM about a year or so ago and believe it was version 2.0. Even then, it still shined. I now have 4.0 and the best just got better... They added file transfer (which brought alot of ICQ users to the AOL flock... Of course, AOL later...

Don't buy a Winmodem! If you have one, go to 808hi.com!

Fri, 15 Dec 2000 05:04:54 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - IF you have a Winmodem, any Winmodem with the Lucent chip like this one, then you feel my pain! I have had the misfortune to have used not just the 3com PCI LT Winmodem but also another LT based ISA Winmodem! I'm a sucker I know...

It all...

Editpad: Notepad who?

Thu, 14 Dec 2000 02:11:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BrianThomason - Notepad - Who needs it!?! Out of all the shareware and freeware text editors that there are on the market today (believe me, there are ALOT of them!) the only postcardware program beats them all! That's right, postacardware! To register the program,...