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Archived Computers & Internet Reviews: L(ack of) A(pplicable) (Necessary) Support

Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:49:07 GMT

rating: 0/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - <sigh> The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

I question that statement, after purchasing the LANtastaic setup. I thought, "Hey, it makes it easy for me!"

I had a LAN set up at my home, and I was proud of it...

Excite At Home: @ Insecurity

Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:37:38 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - Geez, @Home offers some great deals, but the problem is, is that it's on Cable. Cable modems are fast, efficent, but there's ONE major problem with them:

Insecure.

@Home really doesn't allocate neat programs for you to actually make...

Archived Computer Hardware Reviews: 1G - Soon to be Standard

Mon, 27 Mar 2000 14:48:25 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - The problem with this computer is that nothing, and I do mean nothing, can truthfully handle such a beautiful computer. This thing has the processing power of a 10 year old Cray. =)

Although, you can't get Windows or Linux to work on a Cray,...

Sim-tastic!

Tue, 21 Mar 2000 18:26:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - The concept of SimCity seemed to be dead and done... Then, SimCity2k came out, and boy, did it wow us. It was simple, and fast, and really neat, it added a new graphics engine, better sound, and more options. THEN, after we got tired of that, SimCity 3k...

SimLife: Sim-reffic!

Tue, 21 Mar 2000 18:22:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - This is one great game. The game itself is a simple concept: Live the life of one individual, or a groud of individuals. The concept is great, and the placement of that concept is a great one, too. I comes with one central idea: Keep your Sim(s) alive...

XDrive: X-Rated Acting is Better Than XDrive.

Tue, 21 Mar 2000 14:55:43 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - XDrive is one of those things you have to try, seeing as how the advertisements for it are everywhere. So, when I tried It, I didn't expect much.. simple place for me to store some of my word documents, maybe some other things, like photoshop pictures,...

Iomega Zip family: Things Fall Apart

Mon, 20 Mar 2000 01:43:05 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - Aye, 'tis a shame that I saw the thing fall apart in front of mine eyes... Oh, 'Twas full of files, both large and small, and was quite a site, in it's prime. I thought I took care of it, but, alas, 'twas not to be...

The ioMega zip family can...

Hotmail: Hot? Cold? What? It's free!

Thu, 16 Mar 2000 01:44:11 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - Hotmail has been around for quite some time, changing it's face to change with the times. But, why must Microsoft keep it around? They don't need it, really. Do they make a huge profit off of it? I don't know. I just know that I'm tired of the Junk mail...

TheMail: TheMail.com - something that's still debatable.

Thu, 16 Mar 2000 01:40:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - theMail.com has been in serious question as of late. Is it really worth it, some ask... Is it as good as it's made out to be?

Does it pay you money?

Do you actually get a check at the end of every month?

do you think it's...

Look out! Here comes Outlook!

Thu, 16 Mar 2000 01:36:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - Outlook Express: One of the most useful programs for windows 98, it allows you to even check your hotmail accounts. It's simple, quick, and efficent.

Outlook has been chalenged only by Eudora, which does not allow multiple accounts, and does...

mIRC: My my mIRC!

Thu, 16 Mar 2000 01:27:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - mIRC has been around for years. This program allows simplistic text to be sent from one edge of the globe to another within a few seconds.

mIRC boasts many features, like free servers, and chat to anyone in the globe. Don't get me wrong, the...

Microsoft Chat: Microsoft, Get out of Our Lives

Thu, 16 Mar 2000 01:18:34 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - Geez, I swear, these people try EVERYTHING. they tried to take over the Instant Messenger Market with MSN Messenger, and then they tried to take over the email market with Outlook express, and NOW with THIS!? What's up with Microsoft Chat?! It's VERY...

Archived Computers & Internet Reviews: Free/! NO WAY!

Thu, 16 Mar 2000 00:33:51 GMT

rating: 0/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - It's FREE! You hear me?! FREE!

I didn't know that! I just thought people meant "Three" when I first heard it! I was AMAZED! So, I just had to try it out.

So, I did. Wow. Stable.... Stable... STABLE!

It's free,...

Microsoft Windows NT: Away From DOS, but away from Competition?

Thu, 16 Mar 2000 00:09:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - Windows NT is one of the newest operating systems to hit the market by storm, offering a variety of different features in the network section, and allowing one to do just about anything you could do with windows 98, except more, and have multiple...

Ignifuge: ignite a flame under these guys, 'cause they're COLD.

Thu, 16 Mar 2000 00:01:14 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - "Warmer, warmer... disco". - Uma Thurman Pulp Fiction.

This is exactly what ignifuge is not. It's really cold. Cold. Cold. Far from the target it is. Don't use these guys.

They promise this, then promise something else,...

ePipo: ePoopo

Wed, 15 Mar 2000 23:56:06 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - Get paid to Poop! It's easy! We pay you for every pound of poop you send in to us. Why? Because we want to. We're sick like that, and it's good fertilizer. It's all good.

Unlike ePipo. there's nothing good about it. I don't see where you make...

Paybar: What? There's MONEY in this?

Wed, 15 Mar 2000 23:52:35 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - What? I didn't know you could get MONEY for running this completelly bugged out program on the internet, while it was supposedly looking for the server, and supposed to show me ads! I didn't know that!

I also didn't know that it was one of...

BlueTree.net: BlueTree: 'Tis Questionable

Wed, 15 Mar 2000 23:42:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - <sigh> what to say about these people?

Well, it's $1.50 an hour, for sitting on your duff and watching advertisments go by... but wait, where are the ads? I don't know! I don't see any! Do you?

That's because BlueTree doesn't...

GoToWorld.com: Goto No Money For You

Wed, 15 Mar 2000 23:37:44 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - GotoWorld gives you it's OWN browser, which you can SKIN... oooo! Neat!

Then, they say, "If you surf, you can get money!"

Wow! What else?

They also say you can connect to their servers, and get paid for using...

Netscape - Old friend, in need of Help.

Wed, 15 Mar 2000 23:20:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - Did you ever own a really old dog, and you loved it so, even though it's kidneys had given out, and it just sat there, and wasted your parents money, and died on your kitchen floor, in front of a bowl of food you fixed it? well, that's what netscape is...

Who is it? Good Or Evil?

Wed, 15 Mar 2000 23:16:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - In the battle betwixed good and evil, there's one clear winner: the one that is good. Some have said, like about IE3, that the browser couldn't do much. As I used to refer to it I(nternet) E(jector seat), because it would constantly bug out on me. I...

NeoPlanet: New God Awful Browser

Wed, 15 Mar 2000 23:11:20 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - In essence, the re-kindling of the idea of a "skinnable" browser is raelly bad. Why? Well, considering it eats more of your memory and you end up changing skins in a week, anyways, it's not too terribly good. But, it's neat for kids. That's...

Ergo-tastic!

Wed, 15 Mar 2000 20:08:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - This keyboard is probably the best for those of us that have, or are devolping something painful in thine wrists. =) This keyboard allows for less stress on those muscles, as well as ease of use, in the concept that the keys are HUGE and you can hardly...

Archived Computer Hardware Reviews: Turtle Beach Strikes Again

Wed, 15 Mar 2000 20:02:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - This card, being the Turtle Beach Montego II, has capibilities beyond that of sound cards just 3 months past. The A3D of this card allows one to become completely immeresed in what they are doing, be that listening to an MP3, or playing System Shock 2...

SB Live! - The Chipset of Tomorrow

Wed, 15 Mar 2000 19:59:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author phragmatic - With the creation of "Creative Labs" we've seen the best of all worlds, from graphics to Sound. The best of them all, however, seems to be the Platinum, at this point. Why? Well, let's just put it like this.

It's got a mix of the...