Epinions Recent Reviews for mikemsd

Overclockers Dream

Thu, 28 Dec 2000 00:16:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - The Abit KT7-RAID is an overclockers dream. Currently I am running a AMD Duron 650 clocked at 1GHZ stable. I have not been able to find another motherboard that comes close to the reliability and ease of set up and ease of overclocking that this one has...

What's good and What's bad

Sat, 9 Dec 2000 17:48:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - The Cybiko Intertainment system. From what the box says it is the best gadget that has come out for Teenagers since the gameboy. It's lots of fun, but it does have it's limitations.

The Good

Sleek design - The Cybiko...

My Initial Impressions

Thu, 14 Sep 2000 04:34:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - I purchased this watch about a month ago while I was looking for a cheap replacment to my broken Timex Datalink, and since my Timex watches had served me well before, I figured I would give this watch a try.

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Cool special effects, Very weak ending

Mon, 11 Sep 2000 00:13:11 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - I went to see this movie, because I had seen some of the highlander television shows, and I thought I might find some entertainment in this movie, but wow was I disappointed.

This movie doesn't suffer from a lack of a plot, it just suffers...

Fast and Easy, Good for the home or office

Sun, 10 Sep 2000 20:26:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - The Canon BJC-6000 is a very nice overall printer. I think it would be great for a home / home office / low demand office environment. First let me start off with some of the features I like in it.

Things I like

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Beyond Addictive

Tue, 4 Jul 2000 02:57:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - This game is by far the most addictive game I have ever played. If you have any projects you need to get done, I recommend you do them before you buy this game, because once you get into this, it won't let you go for a while.

Everquest - Runes...

Targetshop.com: Commentary - Required Information

Mon, 3 Jul 2000 01:59:35 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - I tried signing up for this site, but when I was bombarded with questions in their user survey I had to immediately turn back.

Now, I know what your telling me... These sites need to ask questions to determine who they are selling to, and they...

Stay Away From This

Tue, 27 Jun 2000 00:34:51 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - When I bought this camera 2 years ago, I might have been able to recommend it. It has some good points, but they are totally outweighed by the bad.

First the good stuff. The camera has a rotatable "eye" that can be rotated to take...

Put yourself in the cockpit

Tue, 20 Jun 2000 22:34:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - The Flight Sim Yoke by CH products is the best flight yoke I have used yet. It's a great value for the money and has many configurable buttons on it that should be enough to satisfy just about anyone.

I had some initial reservations about this...

Great Quality in a Sound Card

Sat, 17 Jun 2000 05:17:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - Once again, Creative has created a very good sound card in the Soundblaster Live! X-Gamer. The X-Gamer is essentialy the Soundblaster Live! Value but with some extra features that aren't really apparent to the average user. I'm not even sure what some of...

Excellent quality but expensive.

Sat, 13 May 2000 01:37:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - This monitor is excellent in quality, but it is a little expensive compared to other 19 inch monitors out there on the market today. This monitor is different because it features a flat screen instead of the curved screen like normal monitors have. This...

Intel's low end, is pretty good

Thu, 4 May 2000 03:51:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - The Intel Celeron is the low end of Intel's processor line, but is still a good investment. A computer based on the Intel Celeron is cheap, and efficient. It can perform equally with it's Pentium II counterpart in Wordprocessing and Web surfing. Although...

Slackware Linux: Good distribution for experienced users

Tue, 2 May 2000 19:59:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - Slackware has been around for quite a while and has been my distribution of choice. Slackware is built for experienced users, and not the beginner. The setup on it is through a text menu based install program which is a lot more difficult to use than the...

All Advantage: Give up some desktop space to earn money

Mon, 1 May 2000 23:48:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - AllAdvantage which lets you earn money for simply surfing the web with a small viewbar open on the bottom of your screen really works. For the small area that it take up, their 50 cents an hour is pretty good. Although their site has some downtime which...

Good camera for the price

Mon, 1 May 2000 20:57:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - This camera, while at a lower price than 3Com USB Cameras similar to it, offers the same quality picture. The software that comes with it is not very good, but the low price that you pay for the hardware will outweigh the inconvenience of having to...

Mandrake Linux: A Must for Linux Beginners

Mon, 1 May 2000 20:43:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - Mandrake 7.0 is one of the easiest to install and easiest to use distributions out on the market today. I have used over 5 different distributions of Linux including RedHat and have found out of all of them that the Mandrake was by far the easiest...

Not for the average user

Mon, 1 May 2000 13:54:36 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - Windows 2000 is the next in the line of Microsoft's operating systems. But it is not for the average consumer. Windows 2000 is based on the NT kernel (the core of the operating system). It appears to be designed more for servers and professional users in...

Red Hat Linux: Easy but it can be annoying

Sun, 30 Apr 2000 22:56:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - I used Redhat Linux for about 3 weeks and found it to be kind off annoying to me. I am an intermediate Linux user (3 years) and found the RPM system to be a little annoying to me. With it constantly complaining about missing libraries and not giving me...

K6-2, 500 MHz (MPN-AMD-K-2/500BOX) Processor: Low Price - Works Great

Sun, 30 Apr 2000 21:00:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - I am currently using a AMD K6-2-450 with a 3D accelerator card, and it can play the newest games with ease. I get decent frame rates in Quake III which is extremely processor taxing. The price of the chip is a big draw, it is significantly cheaper than...

First and Best

Sun, 30 Apr 2000 19:41:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - This game was the first game I bought for the dreamcast, and also the best. It has high paced action, and a deep involved story line. The original characters we have come to love are here in this game. I believe this game does a good job of showing off...

Final Fantasy VIII for PlayStation 1: Excellent game, buy it now!

Sun, 30 Apr 2000 19:33:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - This is by far the best game I have played for the Playstation. I was immediately drawn into the story from the very beginning. The cut scenes are awesome, the graphics are cool. The battle system is excellent. I lived this game for 4 weeks after I got...

Good sound card plagued by bad compatibility

Sun, 30 Apr 2000 19:07:07 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - The Diamond MX 300 is a good sound card, but is plagued by several bad compatibility issues. On my Windows 98 system, the sound would randomly freeze me on MPEG movies and the sound would inexplicably die on me in the middle of a game, or while I am in...

3Dfx Voodoo3 3000: Voodoo 3 - more bang for your buck

Sun, 30 Apr 2000 18:51:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - I have been using the 3DFX VooDoo 3 for a year now and have found it to be a great 3D accelerator designed purely for game speed. It drops some of the niceties of the other more expensive cards and goes for raw speed. The Voodoo 3 with it's relatively...

Beats Dialup and ISDN

Sun, 30 Apr 2000 13:39:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - I'm reviewing this for the midsouth area of Road Runner. As a previous Dialup and ISDN user, I have to say that Road Runner has both of them definetely beat. Cable is cheaper than ISDN and faster here. I get 50kbps downloading from most sites during the...

Great Trackball

Sun, 30 Apr 2000 13:09:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mikemsd - This has to be one of the better Trackballs I have used. Most trackballs have the problem of getting dirty very quickly and jamming up when trying to move, due to the fact that your finger is always in contact with the trackball, and a significant amount...