Epinions Recent Reviews for ozgamer

HP widens scope of DVD drive

Sat, 3 May 2003 10:37:06 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - The hot ticket of PC peripherals at the moment are DVD-recordable drives with big names such as Sony, Hewlett-Packard, Ricoh and Pioneer launching new PC-based recorders in recent times. HP's new external DVD200e burner comes not a moment too soon.
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Personal information in the palm of your hand

Mon, 21 Apr 2003 23:43:07 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - Imagine sitting down at the breakfast, table of a morning with your eggs and a cup of coffee or a glass of juice. You reflect on the beautiful morning (perhaps also on the previous night's revelry) and you reach for the day's news. Sounds pretty normal...

Protects, restores - Problem is solved

Fri, 18 Apr 2003 02:50:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - Many of the current crop of computers have Read/Write, CD-ROM drives (CD-RW) installed either as options or as standard equipment. Given the advances made in CD-RW technology, CD-RWs have almost replaced the 3.5 inch floppy drives. These will then fade...

Swap operating system in a flash

Thu, 17 Apr 2003 23:59:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - Take away a PC's operating system (OS) and you are left with a complicated mass of electronics of no functional use. It's too big for a bookmark, too heavy for a paper weight and too smooth for a boat anchor.

In the non-Apple world we are...

Panasonic's Toughbook beats battle of the bulge

Tue, 8 Apr 2003 00:38:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - A growing problem with today's notebooks is the more features vendors include, the greater the overall weight. In fact, it's not uncommon these days to see notebooks weighing more than 8 lbs, and that's without the power brick to go with it. If the idea...

Pioneer's new DVR offers less time to burn

Tue, 8 Apr 2003 00:11:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - One of the most popular peripherals this year, will no doubt be the DVD burner. While CD-RW burners have dropped down to ridiculous levels, for many people 650Mb just isn't enough storage any more. And it makes sense when you consider the average hard...

Flaws mar the price

Thu, 6 Mar 2003 09:22:27 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - Over the past eight months or so, there's been a bit of a revolution among the leading notebook vendors. In the past, buying a notebook for an affordable price was all about compromise. It lacked many refinements of more expensive models but it booted up...

Compaq smacks back with the Evo 1000C

Wed, 5 Mar 2003 04:34:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - The company may not exist in it's own entity but the brand is still alive and kicking as the Evo N1000C attests. Despite it's box-like design, it sports a big 15-inch (14.1 -inch viewable) LCD screen with an excellent 1600 x 1200 pixel (SXGA) resolution,...

Notebook light on memory

Mon, 15 Oct 2001 09:25:08 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - As the price of notebook technology continues to fall, all of the major vendors are getting in on the full-function sub-$2000 notebook act, but the Evo N150 has something in common with most of its competition.

And that's a lack of memory...

So small yet packs alot of firepower

Thu, 19 Jul 2001 23:03:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - Undoubtedly the key feature of any notebook is its ability to accompany you on your professional travels but if you need a six-month gym membership as an optional extra to carry it, the notebook is of dubious value. Toshiba's new Portege 3490CT is a...

Dell Inspiron 8000 Series: Almost perfect

Wed, 11 Jul 2001 00:30:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - Dell are usually quick to pounce on any new computer chip announced by Intel. So much so, Dell will have it available inside a PC the next day. And true to form, Dell's new Inspiron 8000 sported the recent 900MHz mobile Pentium III announced by Pentium...

Survival of the sickest

Thu, 7 Jun 2001 21:18:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - With the cavalcade of reality TV shows being played to our screens all over the world over recent years, a parody of this ascendant television genre is just what the doctor ordered.

Series 7 is presented as three back-to-back episodes from the...

NEC Virsa LXi works hard without raising a sweat

Thu, 7 Jun 2001 04:03:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - This is all about having the right things for the right job. For example, a day trip to the mountains outside the city, requires a big, sturdy 4x4. The NEC Virsa LXi Laptop is required by business people on the go and in need of a number of a portable...

Have no fear, Retro Helix is here.

Thu, 7 Jun 2001 03:59:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - This latest offering from Eidos features a red-hot assassin, a saucy tech-head, a drunk killer and a beefcake ex-con. It's a title that definitely won't get lost in your Playstation games library. I say this because the game's size is four discs and the...

Updated memo to business users: 1.7GHz Pentium 4 is for gamers only

Wed, 30 May 2001 00:30:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - Intel's latest processor, the Pentium 4, received many mixed reviews when it was released last November. The new 1.7GHz version marks the first update to the family since the initial launch and I was able to test this new processor via a reference PC...

Black and White for Windows, Mac: Black and White is simply that and a whole lot more

Tue, 29 May 2001 23:36:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - Black and White is a groundbreaking game that lets players take on the the onerous responsibilities of a deity with the power of life or death over humble follower. But there is a lot more to it than this. As ruler of the game's delightfully realized 3-D...

Dell's new Latitude has no attitude

Mon, 28 May 2001 03:11:09 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - The demands of e-commerce today require corporate fleet notebooks to offer more than just budget-priced computing for the corporate employee. Dell's new Latitude C600 combines the features required in a corporate notebook at a price that should make it...

Toshiba's Satellite Pro 4600 means business

Mon, 28 May 2001 01:48:56 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - While notebook computers based on Intel's 1GHz mobile Pentium III processor might look appealing to the business buyer, the cavalcade of 700MHz models available around the $2500 mark should make your short-list. The new Satellite Pro 4600 range is aimed...

Acer TravelMate's cost ensures its safety on the shelves

Mon, 28 May 2001 01:02:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - As notebook computers increase in the capability in holding growing amounts of sensitive corporate data, so security is becoming a concern for many enterprises. Acer has taken security far beyond the primitive text password that can be broken easily...

HP hits the bulleye with low cost system

Thu, 5 Apr 2001 06:43:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - Although the prices of desktop computers for business and corporate use have dropped to some of their lowest levels on record, there always is a push to drop the running costs. Like it or not, the term "total cost of ownership" is more about the cost of...

Sequel gives new meaning to the words 'no i-deer'.

Thu, 5 Apr 2001 06:00:10 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - It began with Deer Hunter, the simulation which gave PC rednecks with itchy trigger fingers and a thirst for venison, the chance to blast away at a virtual game. The original Deer Avenger turned the tables, with the hunted turning hunter and firing a few...

It's sweet, melts in your mouth and easy to digest.

Thu, 5 Apr 2001 05:40:40 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - The setting is a sombre 1950's French stone village named Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, in France. The villagers are a closeted bunch who believe most of all in tranquility. Their pious mayor, the Comte de Reynaud (Alfred Molina), insists they all attend...

Gwyneth and Ben give this plenty of Bounce

Tue, 27 Mar 2001 03:45:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - This schmaltzy tear-jerker even with its hopelessly contrived premise and blanket of soap bubbles, is still a very polished and wise romantic drama that leaves similar Hollywood efforts (e.g. Return To Me and The Next Best Thing) for dead. So...

Almost Famous is almost perfect

Tue, 27 Mar 2001 03:37:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - This is a semi-autobiographical tale of writer-director Cameron Crowe, retracing his time on the road with Led Zeppelin as a teenager as a rock journalist for Rolling Stone magazine. The character in the film is William Miller (Patrick Fugit) and he is...

What Women Want overstays its welcome

Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:09:52 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ozgamer - So what do women really want? Two words. Mel Gibson. Actually that's whom the film producers wanted to star in their romantic comedy. Gibson plays Nick Marshall, a thoroughly unpleasant character who uses and abuses the women in his life, and who,...