Epinions Recent Reviews for elegiac

"Could you hit 'Start', 'Run', 'winipcfg' and reboot?"

Fri, 15 Dec 2000 09:23:01 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - Tired of waiting for web pages to load? Bored to tears when you download a file that's over 1MB in size? DSL not available in your area? Optimum Online offers cable internet access for $39.95/month, plus the purchase of a cable modem.

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Archived Web Services Reviews: You're a certified what?

Sun, 12 Nov 2000 02:42:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - Tired of being perpetually undervalued by employers? Are your clients constantly questioning whether or not you know what you're doing? Perhaps forty-eight hours of Fry-O-Lator duty a week is simply too much to bear? Brainbench might give your...

Silicon Prairie MemTurbo: No reboots for a week?

Sat, 21 Oct 2000 02:48:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - Unsurpassed system stability definitely isn't something that one would associate with Windows 95. The initial retail release was plagued with memory leaks, refusing to reallocate RAM after closing down applications-- eventually forcing a reboot...

Dial-up access may be unlimited, but my patience isn't.

Sat, 14 Oct 2000 01:20:26 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - Trying to find a banner-free free ISP is marginally less irritating than attempting to bail out a flooded basement with only a plastic teaspoon at your disposal. Trying to find a reliable ISP out of the ever shrinking banner-free ISP group is like...

Sure it crashes. What's a little system instability?

Fri, 28 Jul 2000 00:06:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - Looking to save those monthly internet access fees? Here's a potential solution from MyPoints and 1stUp.

MyPoints Connect! offers free unlimited dial-up service. You'll need to register for MyPoints at http://www.mypoints.com/-- then...

FreeAtLast.com: Irritating (albeit free) internet access. Whoo-hoo.

Sun, 23 Jul 2000 00:49:58 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - FreeAtLast is a relative newcomer among the advertising supported free internet service providers. While free internet access may be nothing new, it certainly doesn't hurt to have several back up accounts-- especially since WorldSpy and Freewwweb no...

Not quite a masochist's dream...

Wed, 19 Jul 2000 00:44:17 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - All righty, so it's time to build a new computer. Perhaps you own a few ISA cards and some 72 pin SIMMs, and you don't really want to invest in DIMMs just yet. But you also want a motherboard that will let you use one of the faster Socket 7...

Phoebe Rocket Link Plus: Underperformance guaranteed or your money back?

Mon, 17 Jul 2000 01:12:22 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - So, you've tired of that 9600bps dial-up connection, and decided that it's time to upgrade to a 56Kbps modem. Twenty dollars or less for a new 56Kbps modem sounds like a steal, right? It is, but you aren't the one getting the bargain.

The...

When only the finest moldy wallcovering will do...

Sat, 1 Apr 2000 00:09:37 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac -

This is part of the Epinions March Madness Cyber Taste off. The East Coast team, led by PeterLRuden, is comprised of Lambira, forkids, Tsomes, Nomad_scry, Sleestakk, stonehousellc, Kurt_Messick, Cornelia, and myself. We'll be reviewing the...

A comfortable old sweater?

Sat, 18 Mar 2000 00:20:07 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac -

This is part of the Epinions March Madness Cyber Taste off. The East Coast team, led by PeterLRuden, is comprised of Lambira, forkids, Tsomes, Nomad_scry, Sleestakk, stonehousellc, Kurt_Messick, Cornelia, and myself. We'll be reviewing the...

Who would've ever figured charcoal could taste this good?

Sat, 18 Mar 2000 00:04:41 GMT

Aspirin, anyone?

Sat, 26 Feb 2000 00:20:32 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - This is part of the second Epinions wine Cyber Taste-off, presided over by Lambira, our honorable Queen of Wine. Other (much more qualified than l'il ol' me) participants in no particular order include Leah, PeterLRuden, cornelia, forkids, kimmiko,...

Frog's Last Leap

Sat, 26 Feb 2000 00:20:29 GMT

M - I - C... K - E - Y ... I - USE - A - O - L!

Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:09:36 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - It's fast! It's easy! "You've got mail!" Just think of the possibilities! UNLIMITED INTERNET ACCESS for only $21.95 a month!

Hit the brakes, kids, because that's as close to meeting its advertisements as America Online...

1stUp brings us yet another free ISP... which locks, crashes, and burns.

Fri, 21 Jan 2000 04:44:52 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - Bootbox.net brings you free internet access! Yes, can you believe it? FREE internet access!

Ho-hum.

Haven't we heard this one before?

Bootbox provides unlimited dial-up internet access. In return, you forfeit a...

Midpoint Gateway: The proxy server to use if you have more than one phone line. And an extra $299.00... right.

Fri, 21 Jan 2000 04:36:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - Has the wait in World Wide Wait gotten the best of you? Does sharing your dial-up connection bring your web surfing to a crawl? Have more than one modem? Midcore may have your solution. Midpoint Gateway is a feature-packed proxy/SOCKS server that...

Microsoft Windows 95: !*@#?!?@~!??? ARGH!

Thu, 13 Jan 2000 02:40:38 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - If you've purchased a new PC in the last few years, you've probably used Windows 95. Perhaps you've even purchased the Windows 95 upgrade in an attempt to keep that older Windows 3.1/Windows for Workgroups 486 current.

Productivity? Worker...

NetGear SB104 Network Starter Kit Networking Hub: Reasonably priced peer-to-peer LAN kit.

Tue, 7 Dec 1999 04:14:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - Many of the currently available "network in a box" kits will exceed the needs of your average small/home office. Netgear's SB104 is a nice little 10BaseT kit from Bay Networks that won't break your budget into eensy-weensy pieces.

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Convenience at a premium...

Thu, 2 Dec 1999 15:58:35 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - Have a number of computers at home, and you want to share your lone dial-up connection? Do you really, really want to play Baldur's Gate with your brother? Have any desire whatsoever to share files without having to resort to removable media?...

Microviet First Explorer: Functional multi-window web browsing with a busy user interface.

Thu, 2 Dec 1999 04:26:17 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - Microviet First Explorer is an extension to MS Internet Explorer version 4.x (or higher) that will allow you to open up to 41 web pages simultaneously.

First Explorer will use your IE settings-- if you've already configured your choice of...

TabSurf: Looks promising, but...

Wed, 1 Dec 1999 17:58:39 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - Have multiple web pages that you check on a regular basis? TabSurf is an add-on to MS Internet Explorer (4.01 or higher) that can handle it for you.

TabSurf has an elegantly stripped-down GUI-- a simple row of black and white navigation...

WebHunter Power Browser: Kiss those extra browser windows goodbye...

Mon, 29 Nov 1999 02:51:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - Have a number of web sites that you view on a regular basis? Find yourself opening web page after web page in a new browser window? WebHunter has the solution!

Power Browser allows you to open several web pages simultaneously, limited only...

Artisoft LANtastic: How to disable your LAN with one easy download!

Thu, 25 Nov 1999 05:59:03 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - Don't know what to do with that basement full of 286s and 386s? Tired of using that pile of 8088s as door stoppers? Got spare electrical outlets in your home office, and you really want to network your Windows 3.1/95/98/NT with your DOS...

Microsoft Windows 98: Upgrade your computer! Euthanize your system today!

Mon, 22 Nov 1999 14:23:10 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - Here's a question for you-- if your computer already has a functioning OS (for example, Windows 95 OSR 2), would you want to upgrade to Windows 98 version 2? Really, what do you stand to gain?

Here are some of the features Microsoft touts on...

ToolPro: An elegant collection of utilities.

Fri, 19 Nov 1999 12:22:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author elegiac - Need to keep your ISP from knocking you offline? Or perhaps you need something to alert you to new POP3 e-mail? Or you want to see what processes are running? ToolPro does all of this, and more.

ToolPro encompasses a number of useful...