© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-twofish72 Recent reviews written by member twofish72 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_416026955396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - Some while ago I bought an ASUS Pro60v notebook and I still use it today. It comes with a 1.6 Ghz CPU a 80 gig drive and a ATI Radeon X700 Graphics card with 64 MB of videomemory (some come with a 128MB version). Said notebook was considered a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~416026955396 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:30:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_416026955396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_415920983684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - With dropping prices for hard disks, making a backup on a DVD or digital tape is not really feasible anymore. For the average person, using an external hard drive is not only the fastest but also the most cost effective way. When you want to get an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~415920983684 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:33:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_415920983684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_415525670532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - As Christmas came closer, I was looking for a good present for my wife. She has always wanted a camcorder to finally start recording family memories to keep. Since I was a total beginner when it comes to camcorders, I spent a lot of time researching the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~415525670532 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:48:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_415525670532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_415403642500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - When I bought a camcorder for Christmas, I decided to get the JVC CU-VD20 Share Station DVD-Burner too. I wanted a way to quickly backup any movies on the camcorder on a DVD without the need to have a computer hooked up in between. In addition, the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~415403642500 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:46:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_415403642500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_415175249540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - When I bought my first laptop years back I had the same problem as everybody: Touch pads. They are okay to work with when you need to save energy, have no space (like in an airplane) or when you just to some quick, short work. But if you really want to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~415175249540 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:35:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_415175249540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_415046471300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - Having bought the Clarion DXZ575USB CD stereo receiver (see my review on that one) to replace my old, broken car stereo I wanted to take advantage of it's iPod connectivity. If you have a Clarion car stereo built after 2004, chances are that it has a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~415046471300 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:11:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_415046471300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_415029956228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - A decision was made at my workplace to digitize all paperwork that was to be archived. In the computer age of today, the fastest way of doing so, is to get a good scanner and turn everything into a PDF document. So far so good. Since the amount of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~415029956228 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:47:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_415029956228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_414806937220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - There are a few computer and video games in the world that invent a new genre or redefine it. Doom for example brought us 3D-shooters, Dune II gave us real-time strategy and Diablo coined the term "Action RPG". And then, after a milestone of gaming,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~414806937220 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:13:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_414806937220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_413845393028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - For this Christmas my wife decided she wanted a cheap GPS system so we could take the kids on Geocaching hunts once in a while. Because we are not really professional Geocachers or don't even go hiking on a regular basis we wanted a cheap, small handheld... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~413845393028 Tue, 8 Jan 2008 20:22:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_413845393028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_413568503428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - When my factory installed car stereo in our Suzuki Xl-7 broke down (it decided to eat a CD and never spit it out again...) it was time to get a new car stereo. There were only three conditions that the new stereo would have to meet. First, it needed to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~413568503428 Sun, 6 Jan 2008 20:07:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_413568503428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_412283342468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - I was walking through Best Buy when I noticed a special offer on the Sony Cybershot DSC-W80. $179 instead of $279. Now THAT'S a low price, I thought. Especially when you notice the big advertised features: 7.2 Megapixels and a Carl Zeiss lens. I am no... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~412283342468 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:34:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_412283342468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_368305671812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - Some time ago, I got myself and iPod. My fiance already has one for a long time but I have avoided the MP3 player craze for so long (Apples MP3 wonder is in it's fifth generation and there are countless products out there that compete in the market...)... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~368305671812 Mon, 28 May 2007 20:19:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_368305671812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_360929726084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - Resident Evil...original japanese title Biohazard. One of the most known games in video game history. It's not one of the most influential ones, not one of the most original ones or (some people say) not even one of the best ones. But... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~360929726084 Sat, 12 May 2007 15:15:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_360929726084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_328726056580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - Microsoft's 70-298 exam, titled "Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows Server Network" is a so called "Design" exam. What's different compared to most "regular" exam's like the dreaded 70-291 is it's focus on "case studies". Meaning you get an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~328726056580 Mon, 5 Mar 2007 16:29:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_328726056580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_326374887044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - As I had to replace two company office printers with new (and of course cheap) ones, my eye fell on the Hewlett Packard Laserjet 1018. We already have the Laserjet 1010 numerous times in our office and everybody is really happy with it, so I decided to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~326374887044 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:46:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_326374887044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_326002904708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos theory is the third installment of the Splinter Cell game series, which started on the XBox in 2002. Chaos Theory is the third part and also available on the Nintendo DS. Sam Fisher and Third Echolon You... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~326002904708 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:25:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_326002904708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_325836574340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - Star Wars - Empire at War is yet another real time strategy game set in the universe of the all known Star Wars movies. Like in most games today, you can play the good and the bad guys. So in this game, you get the chance of playing the rebels or the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~325836574340 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:43:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_325836574340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_324997516932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - At some point, all things come to an end. For me, it was time to switch monitors at our office. People were still using 15" LCD monitors to sit in front of Excel all day. Needless to say, most were getting more and more grumpy... and probably more and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~324997516932 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:53:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_324997516932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_323607170692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - Microsoft Office Visio goes into the next round with the new 2007 version. While I already found the 2003 version extremely useful, this one is even better. But lets start at the beginning. 1 - Visio - an introduction 2 - Installing the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~323607170692 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:00:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_323607170692?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_322589003396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - Office 2007 is finally out. And for once, Microsoft has really revolutionized the interface. Remember the toolbars on the top saying "File", "Edit", "View", etc.? Gone! Remember the more or less dull gray interface? Gone! Remember drop down menus... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~322589003396 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:00:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_322589003396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_276348046980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - The Wave is probably one of the most widely known and recognized tools from Leatherman over the world. And personally, it's my favourite. finding the perfect Wave... I came in touch with Leatherman when one of my buddies came home with a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~276348046980 Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:41:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_276348046980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_275892113028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - HALO - Combat Evolved (or just HALO for short), one of the industries most successful game franchises and one of the games with the most turbulent history is about to go into it's next stage of existence. While HALO 3 is about to debut on the XBOX 360,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~275892113028 Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:07:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_275892113028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_275181768324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - I am a huge fan of this program so forgive me if I go overboard in this review once in a while. But honestly... Microsofts Visio 2003 Professional is hands down one of the best 2D documentation tools available, period. I say "documentation tool" because... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~275181768324 Sun, 5 Nov 2006 15:38:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_275181768324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_274890460804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - Red vs Blue is either one of the most hilarious computer phenomenons today, or just cheap, immature computer based trash. What it is for you depends on your stance towards computer games. But let's start at the beginning. Red vs. Blue: The Blood... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~274890460804 Sat, 4 Nov 2006 20:48:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_274890460804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_274856709764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author twofish72 - Why write a review for DOOM 3, a game now being over 2 years old? Well, first of all, it's still available in the stores, and secondly, because I like too. This is going to be a long one, so sit back and relax and (hopefully) enjoy a narrative ride... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~274856709764 Sat, 4 Nov 2006 18:36:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_274856709764?linkin_id=8003929