Epinions Recent Reviews for bub78

Look Ma! No Wires!

Sat, 13 Oct 2001 17:12:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - As someone who does a fair amount of traveling I have done quite a bit of research into wireless internet options. Most of the available products offer reduced functionality at a high cost, so instead of purchasing a handheld wireless internet device I...

Poor Marks For Casio

Fri, 10 Aug 2001 16:29:24 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - I purchased the Casio EV-550 four months ago at a Texas Circuit City. At the time I was travelling by tankership from Houston to New Jersey every week or two, and decided to purchase a portable television that I could take with me when I left. I...

Epson Stylus Photo 785EPX Ink-jet Printer: Putting Photo Labs Across America Out Of Business

Mon, 6 Aug 2001 00:19:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - I purchased the Epson 785EPX two weeks ago after some research into ink jet photo printers. I recommend the printer to anyone wanting high quality prints who doesn't mind a moderately steep learning curve.

Specs

The 785EPX uses a...

Intel Got This One Right

Sun, 5 Aug 2001 17:30:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - After years of yearning for a portable mp3 player, I finally purchased the Intel Pocket Concert about two months ago ($50 off and a free accessory kit helped the decision). Overall this little silver gadget has been one of my better purchases, and I...

The Bargain Hunter's Digital Camcorder

Tue, 13 Mar 2001 00:12:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - I recently purchased the JVC GR-DVL300U as part of an electronics spending spree. I purchased this particular model for the simple reason that it was the least expensive digital camcorder I could find. Overall I have been pleased with my purchase, but...

CuteMX: The Best File Sharing Client Yet

Thu, 23 Nov 2000 17:06:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - Many of the file sharing programs created to date have been lackluster in performance. Random disconnections, poor ping times, and a lack of available files have been common features of these programs. CuteMX, however, is a welcome departure from the...

iMesh: The Version 2 Beta And The Future of iMesh

Mon, 20 Nov 2000 02:59:00 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - Late last month iMesh released an updated version of their file sharing client, the Version 2 Beta. I have watched the evolution of this service in my ten months as a casual user of the peer-to-peer software. iMesh uses a Napster-like network, with a...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5: The Advanced Security Privacy Beta

Thu, 16 Nov 2000 20:00:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - In late August Microsoft released a beta version of IE 5.5 with increased privacy features. As far as I know a final, or "gold" version of this product has yet to be released, but I have yet to find any unusual bugs or flaws in the...

10-10-811: A Good Bargain (Most Of The Time)

Mon, 13 Nov 2000 22:33:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - My experience with 10-10-811 has been largely good. I use the service to mostly call from Maine to Rhode Island. I have never encountered a problem getting through to the other party; a line is always available. The service is very cheap. Five cents...

The i Series 1200: Another Excellent IBM Product

Wed, 8 Nov 2000 21:17:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - The IBM ThinkPad i Series 1200 is a beautifully built laptop. I purchased it primarily for email and web browsing, as well as a machine that would be able to handle middle of the road multimedia tasks (mp3's, MPEG-4 videos).

The...

Snood- It's An Obsession

Sun, 29 Oct 2000 01:48:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - I was first introduced to Snood last year while in college. I heard about it over the University's electronic BBS (FirstClass), and decided to give it a try. The game is very simple to understand, but provides different ranges of difficulty to keep the...

An Almost Great Product...

Mon, 23 Oct 2000 21:40:21 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - I have always thought a MiniDisc player would be nice to have, and when this one was offered to me for $70 I had to take it. The MZ-R37 is a very sleek, very sexy looking device. Its about 3/4 the size of a CD jewel case and very lightweight. The...

STAY AWAY

Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:32:00 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - It was Saturday night, and my college friends and I decided to forgo the usual party scene and take in a movie. We picked the wrong one.

We were all hoping for a scary, suspenseful movie. Something creepy. The movie was an incredible...

Roxio UDF Reader: Good Upgrade From The Previous Version

Tue, 17 Oct 2000 02:58:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - Adaptec latest versions of its UDF reader now are automatically written to discs burned with its packet writing software Direct CD. When a packet written CD is inserted for the first time into a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM, the UDF Reader installs itself so that...

Winbook Si 566/64: You Get What You Pay For

Tue, 17 Oct 2000 01:26:00 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - The Winbook Si series is the latest from Winbook, makers of award winning lower cost notebooks. The Winbook Si 566 was purchased by my father for his business, and being the most computer savvy member of the household I have come away with a good idea...

God Awful

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:47:36 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - Living in York Hall placed me in the unique situation of having the York Commons directly attached to my dorm. I only wish something edible could have been found there.

The meal plan for on-campus undergrads costs around $1300 per semester. This...

Roxio DirectCD 3.01: Excellent Packet Writing Software

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 18:22:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - I have found the somewhat bloated Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 to be overshadowed by its powerful packet writing cousin. Direct CD 3.01 turns CD-R's and CD-RW's into incredibly large read/write disks.

Formatting the blank CD's for Direct CD does...

Centrinity FirstClass IS Gold: The Client/User Perspective

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 17:03:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - My experience with the FirstClass system has been fairly good. As a student at a college where this system is used as the college intranet, I've seen the software contribute greatly to the distribution of information over a large computer network.
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Nutrend Sierra i 810: Best For Students/Business

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 15:12:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - I purchased the Sierra i810 in March of 2000. As a student in college having a computer is all but a requirement, and after doing some extensive shopping I chose to go with Nutrend Computers.

My system came with a 500 MHz Celeron, 128 megs of RAM,...

Good But Not Great

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 14:35:57 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - I purchased this product after recieving my Sierra 810 system from Nutrend computers. The mouse included with the computer didn't include the all important scroll wheel, so I decided to go mouse shopping.

While testing out different mice(?) at...

Zoom/FaxModem 56K PCI Dualmode: Rock Solid & Works With BeOS

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 14:16:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - I purchased this modem with the Sierra system I bought from Nutrend computers. I've found the modem to be rock solid in term of reliability, and driver/software updates.

I also found the modem to be quite versatile in that I was able to use it...

I Converted It To USB

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 13:55:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bub78 - I converted the 8250i from an internal IDE drive to an external USB drive using a generic ATA-to-USB enclosure box.

I had originally purchased the drive to go in my Nutrend Sierra system, but when I sold most of that system off I eventually...