Epinions Recent Reviews for mfrye

IBM Enterprise Storage Server(ESS): ESS - Great for use with AIX, Netware, NT

Thu, 8 Nov 2001 09:46:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mfrye - We use the IBM Enterprise Storage Server for storage against Oracle, Lawson, and various internal applications. The ESS is connected with NT, NetWare, and AIX. Our support engineer was extremely helpful especially with our fiber connections to NT...

Pavilion 6746C - A good box.

Fri, 16 Mar 2001 12:26:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mfrye - If you're like me, you like a reliable, reasonably fast home computer. The HP Pavilion 6746C definitely fits that description. I've had problems with HP before, namely the use of Maxtor harddrives in the Pavilion 6630 caused performance problems, but...

CF888 means business

Tue, 24 Oct 2000 21:25:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mfrye - This is the first phone that I have been issued by a company I work for. As an IT consultant, I take things for what they are worth, and this phone is worth more than any other phone I have used. Ericsson's CF888 is a phone meant for serious business...

Sun Enterprise 450: A shining star

Tue, 18 Jul 2000 11:19:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mfrye - In our data center of 500+ servers, the Sun Microsystems Enterprise 450 (E450) is a shining star. This deskside tower is perhaps the most reliable server I have ever worked with. Further, this server is extremely easy to work with as all parts are...

Sun Enterprise 10000: The mother of all servers

Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:32:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mfrye - When I first read about the Sun E10000, I was both excited and intimidated. A huge server? Yes. An expensive machine? Yes. The ultimate server? Maybe, but more like a great piece of engineering.

Sun Microsystems' Enterprise 10000 (E10k)...

Dell Latitude Cpi A366XT: No problems

Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:32:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mfrye - I have been using by Dell Latitude CPi for about a month now and I haven't had any problems. I have upgraded the memory and moved to Windows 2000 and with a 266MHz processor and 128MB of RAM this baby cooks. Dell has really come a long way since I...

Windows 2000 Professional - Not bad. No really!

Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:24:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mfrye - Windows 2000 Professional (Win2kP) is not bad. Win2kP blends the best features of Windows98 (user friendly interfaces, neat shortcuts, etc) with the stability and network operability of Windows NT.

Ostensibly, Win2kP is to WinNT 4.0 what...

Sun Solaris: Solaris rules, mostly.

Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:17:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mfrye - I am currently a Unix project manager at a very large data center. 95% of the servers we run (about 150) are Enterprise level (E6500, etc) and running Solaris. We also have a few AIX servers and about 10 Irix servers in our Unix environment, and...

Fisher New Slim Stereo: Some improvements, cool design

Wed, 12 Apr 2000 11:17:11 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mfrye - Recently I purchased Fisher's New Slim Stereo, also called the SLIM-1500. This is a competent stereo which has not given me any major problems, but as all home semi-portable stereos, has it's quirks.

Fisher has improved the volume interface...

Perl for the new programmer

Wed, 12 Apr 2000 10:22:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mfrye - In "Elements of Programming with Perl," Andrew L. Johnson presents the non- or new programmer with many of the elements of writing code and the software development cycle well before presenting any examples.

Johnson begins with two...

Toshiba Satellite 2590: Reliable, period.

Tue, 11 Apr 2000 12:05:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mfrye - The Toshiba Satellite 2590 is the only Windows98 computer that I never had a problem with. Even under extremely intensive applications, the 2590 was solid as a rock.

I was issued this machine by the consulting firm I used to work for and...

Fast, yet troubled

Tue, 11 Apr 2000 11:55:38 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mfrye - I should preface the rest of this review with the statement that, I know HP well and have used their receiver, printer, and VME based systems for years, so I knew that HP could mean quality at a good price.

My HP 6630 runs all of the basic...

Casio PV-200A PDA: Does the job at below-Palm price!

Tue, 11 Apr 2000 10:33:24 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mfrye - The Casio PV-200A Pocket Viewer is a Palm look-alike, but better. I went out last week looking to buy a Palm Pilot because I had missed one too many meetings not having a portable calendar along with me. I was surprised that the prices of the most...

More of what HC does best

Tue, 11 Apr 2000 09:47:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mfrye - I received Come by Me, Harry Connick's latest, as a gift. From the get go I could tell that this was the Harry Connick I knew well. While I feel that Harry took a departure on She, it really seems that he has come back to the music I enjoy from him...