Epinions Recent Reviews for esse

Entry level phone....

Thu, 14 Dec 2000 23:07:02 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author esse - I first got this phone for free with a service plan from pacbell. Since then I have been surprised at how much it has come in handy and at how fragile this device really is.

The phone uses GSM 1900 technology that I believe to be extremely...

Dragon Naturally Speaking: Speak and be heard...

Tue, 12 Dec 2000 01:07:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author esse - For the uninitiated, Dragon Naturally Speaking is the king of voice recognition software. Speak into its supplied microphone-headset and your text magically appears on your screen. Having used this fine software from its inception this one is a great...

Personal Productivity power

Tue, 12 Dec 2000 01:00:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author esse - There are more than 60 million users of one or another flavor of Microsoft Office in the world. When it comes time to upgrade, most will give preference to the latest version of MS Office if it is reasonably good. With Microsoft Office 2000, that would...

Delorme Street Atlas: Atlas for eveywhere

Tue, 12 Dec 2000 00:51:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author esse - If you are the kind of person who likes to travel, but does not like to ask directions from anyone, this program could be for you. Street Atlas USA 7.0 is a boon to travelers and offers other useful information. The program comes with two CDs, the one is...

Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 2000: What every student needs

Tue, 12 Dec 2000 00:43:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author esse - Last night, I opened the box for Compton's Encyclopedia 2000, inside, I found two books, two CDs for the Encyclopedia and one CD containing all the National Geographic articles for 1997 and 1998. One of the books, a User's Guide, is quite complete,...

Amazing comprehsion

Mon, 11 Dec 2000 23:12:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author esse - If you are like I am, you have more files than you know what to do with. The "My Files" subdirectory on my ancient 486/50 notebook is 4.63 megabytes as of this writing. It will be 4.64 megabytes when I save this file. Of course, the upgraded...

Best image editor ever...

Mon, 11 Dec 2000 23:08:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author esse - As I have said in all previous reviews of Photoshop, it is still the digital imaging application of choice for almost all professional graphic designers, photographers and multimedia authors for the creation of high-quality print, multimedia and Web...

Hotline Client PPC: Poor security, Great files

Sat, 9 Sep 2000 17:27:38 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author esse - Hotline has been my best friend for a long time. I have found it to be the best way to get any file. However there are some concerns over this service too. Namely security is far too week and the service may not always be used for legal...

Sportman and Teenagers dream

Wed, 6 Sep 2000 04:40:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author esse - I first got my RIO PMP300 as a Christmas gift and I have been satisfied ever since. It is a sport and exercise maniac’s dream. It is great to save money. It is a pop teen's dream. With all these advantages it was a little expensive and there are better...

2d to 3d and getting better

Wed, 6 Sep 2000 04:11:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author esse - 2d to 3d. That's the future for games and that's what Activision is following. With its newest game, Dark Reign hitting the markets somewhere in the fall of 2000, I expect it to be better than the original.

One of the things I see that should...

Killer AI and gameplay

Wed, 6 Sep 2000 04:05:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author esse - This Game Is Incredible! If you were a fan of any of the alien or predator movies I reccomend you get this. Its 3 games in 1, you can play as an Alien, a Marine, or a Predator.

One of the things I see that should hit off is Dark Reign is it's...

Unreal Tournament for Windows: Killer game, with better 3d engine

Wed, 6 Sep 2000 03:59:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author esse - Unreal Tournament

Are you sick and tired of all the Doom offspring games such as Quake? Well I am quite frankly. At the release of Quake 3 was also the release of a game called Unreal Tournament with both of them being sequels to previous versions...

Leadtek WinFast GeForce 2 GTS: It screams "Who's Your Daddy?"

Wed, 6 Sep 2000 03:52:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author esse - I had recently built myself a new computer. A high end gaming, frame smashing, monster capable of handling anything I could possibly throw at it. I had gone all out and my system was ALMOST done. Done except for one thing…a video card.

UT and...

AudioCatalyst: Best MP3 / .wav ripper / converter

Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:57:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author esse - AudioCatalyst is a CD ripper and audio encoder based on AudioGrabber. I use for everything for converting downloaded tracks to MP3s for my portable player to converting tracks to .wav for CD-R burning.

I found that AudioCatalyst was extremeley...

Caldera OpenLinux: PLay games while you install a robust OS

Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:40:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author esse - First off I have seen many distributions in my days as a semi-linux guru but this is by far the easiest and most user friendly. Easy installation and excellent software packages make this a formidable distribution.

Installation: The...

Musical Mastery

Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:06:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author esse - I was at first skeptical about Wyclef’s return to the rap scene with his debut album The Carnival. I figured Wyclef would be nothing without the Fugees. I was wrong, dead wrong. The carnival was great. I don’t know where Wyclef gets all his stuff...

Corel Linux: Difficult install otherwise user friendly

Tue, 5 Sep 2000 04:43:45 GMT

All Advantage: Mixed blessing

Tue, 5 Sep 2000 03:05:26 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author esse - All Advantage has become a mixed blessing in my life. While on one hand I am making upwards of $40 a month, the viewbar is a resource hog and delayed checks are starting to make me concerned.

At first it seemed like this was a great way to...

Iffy service in exchange for eas of use

Sun, 3 Sep 2000 04:09:25 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author esse - First off AOL may not be the greatest service in the world but is by far not the worst.

AOL has been the leading the way in ease of use for the Internet for years now. With the recent release of AOL 5.0 it is easier than ever to get news,...

Great place for the kid and scientist

Sun, 3 Sep 2000 03:17:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author esse - I have gone to the Monterey bay aquarium many times. I have gone on class field trips and on my own. For each time it was to see the beauty of the sea. They have beautiful exhibits and i go each time the opportunity presents itself.

I have...

Red Hat Linux: From a newbie to a newbie

Sun, 3 Sep 2000 02:49:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author esse - First off I have seen many distributions in my days as a semi-linux guru but this is by far the best. Easy installation and excelent software packages make this a formidable distribution.

Installation:

Never have I seen such a...

Mandrake Linux: Best Linux, Easy install

Sat, 2 Sep 2000 23:48:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author esse - First off I have seen many distributions in my days as a semi-linux guru but this is by far the best. Easy installation and excelent software packages make this a formidable distribution.

Installation: Never have I seen such a formidable...

Robust OS, but not an upgrade,

Sat, 2 Sep 2000 23:02:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author esse - I tried very hard to like windows 2000 profesional I really did. But since I have bought it I have had nothing but trouble.

When I got home after purchasing it I was all excited. I tried to install it only to restart 4 times because I got a...

Microsoft Windows 2000 Beta: Interesting changes, same old problems

Sat, 2 Sep 2000 22:51:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author esse - I tried very hard to like windows 2000 beta 3 I really did. But since I have bought it I have had nothing but trouble.

When I got home after purchasing it I was all excited. I tried to install it only to restart 4 times because I got a...

Microsoft Windows 98: Frequent crashes and hardware incompatibility

Sat, 2 Sep 2000 22:00:58 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author esse - I tried very hard to like windows 98 I really did. But since I have bought it I have had nothing but trouble. When I got home after purchasing it I was all excited. I tried to install it only to resstart 4 times because I got a "fatal error" at...