Posted 09/09/2009 at 08:48:49am

I agree, Newegg kickass! I returned a couple of defective products wiithout problem. After chatting with a newegg rep, the restocking fees were waived. As a matter of fact, newegg even paid for the shipping the products back to them.

Long live NEWEGG

DePat

Posted 08/28/2009 at 09:29:23am

Unless Mr. Card included his way of thinking in the game, his politics are irrelevant. Just because he stand to make money on the sale of the game should not make us boycott the game. Now if he attempt to promulgate his political views through the game, then I will have no problem boycotting the came. Let me give you an example, using mass media. Glenn Beck on Foxx called said that the President of the United Stated has a deep hatred of white man and that he (the president) was a racist. Well since that time I stopped watching Glenn Beck show. So far, 20 plus companies stopped advertising on his show and when I am aware of any other company that continue to advertise on his show I stop buying their products for the simple reason that they are helping him propagate hatred (without a shred of proof) and the man has not even apologize to the president for the outrageous comments he made.

My point is that unless the medium in question is used to actively convey a message I disagree with, I will not boycott the medium in question. Another example is Whole Food. The CEO and founder of  Whole Food is against Health Care reform. I did not boycott Whole Food stores because of that. However, if he put message in the store to drive his point accross then I will for sure boycott Whole Food Store.

DePat

Posted 08/03/2009 at 09:58:00am

US Army Sergeant,

During the last few days, I have thought about how I can show my support and appreciation for the troops. It is very easy to just say thank you and not follow up with concrete actions. As a token of my appreciation, I would like to pay for your subscription to MaxPc. I am on facebook. I you are, look for Patrice Sienche and send me a friend notification. If that is not possible, let's talk to maximum pc to see how we can make it happen without having you send your address and other required information for the subscrition.

Thank you for your service. I am expecting to hear from you.

DePat

Posted 07/31/2009 at 10:29:24am

for making my decision not to renew my subscription an easy one. I also don't have trouble sleeping at night

DePat

Posted 07/31/2009 at 10:14:09am

Mike,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my comments. I would appreciate if you can read the response I sent to U.S Army Sergeant above. I tried to clarify what I was saying.

Thanks

DePat

Posted 07/31/2009 at 10:07:21am

First let me thank you for your service to the country and the sacrifice your family is enduring on our behalf. THANK YOU!!

Yes, I did notice the title of the article. I have no issue with the article itselft. My issue is with what the article is supposed to be about: "DREAM MACHINES". All year round, we have example of various "budget" machines in the magazine and on the web. Once a year we are supposed to get an article about dream machines. Let me make something clear: a dream machine for me is not about the paint and lights and that kind of things. I am talking about the inside, the guts. I am talking about the kind of hardware that will make you salivate, that will make you well... "DREAM". This article does not achieve that for me.

I understand the reason to have budget machines. All the machines I built so far were built using MaxPC recommendations in their various budget machines. However, I have to point out that we have 11 issues of the magazine for that. All I am asking is the 12th issue of the magazine to be about "A DREAM MACHINE". I can even settle for 1 article in the year to be about "A DREAM MACHINE". Really, is that asking for much?

Before I stop typing, let me say that I appreciated the tone of your article. It very nice to have a pleasant discussion and respectful exchange of opinions

My regards to your family and unit

Stay safe

DePat

Posted 07/30/2009 at 02:12:54pm

Where is the dream machine? Forget the price point and build a "F" the cost machine. For me, and again I am speaking just for me, spending $3,500 on a pc is not a dream. It will be a little bit painful if that, even by this time (recession! what recession) but I can afford it. It seems to me that you did not build a dream machine because one of the following reasons (1) MaximumPC was hit by the recession. if that the case, just let us know and retitle the article  by replacing the world "Dream" with ordinary, the ones we can afford, I guess you see what I mean. (2) you are asking your reader to have "cheaper" dreams. They could not afford the previous Dream Machines why lower expectation knowing that they would not be able to have the current machine ($3,500). I would not even mention the earlier 2 machines. If one cannot afford a $700 machine, they should spent more of their time findings (legal) ways of making more money than reading magazines. I know some people are going to be offended by this but the truth is sometime painful. So before you start the "hate" examine your own conscience before you start typing.

 Although I always read article on the site before I get the mag I did not cancel my subscription because it was a way for me to support you. After reading the current Dream Marchine Article on line (I have not yet received the magazine), and seeing how "plain", "ordinary" and "un-inspiring" they are, I have decided not to renew my subscription (I thought you will want to know why I will not renew)

DePat

Posted 07/21/2009 at 10:50:18am

At the end of the day, the developper has to make money and giving coupons to cover the difference between the donation of the cost of the game if released is a great way to encourage donations. If they implement that, I probably will donate .

DePat

Posted 07/15/2009 at 10:46:34am

I read your article with great anticipation. However, I noted that nowhere in the article was MS Home Server mentionned. Are there applications that MS home server users can use to sync calendars, emails and the likes? MS Home Server users already have a server that they can connect to anywhere they are. How about expanding its use as the central repository of calendars, e-mails and other files and/or application that we use across platform.

One of the attractions of doing this is that nobody will later on charge you a fee for using your own server, and with the prices of Hard drives dropping all the time, your personal storage can grow significantly. For example, right now I have 6TB of storage in my server which can be easily double as soon as the prices of 2TB hard drives come down to earth (and we know they eventually will).

 Thanks in advance for any reply and suggestions!

 PS: Can MaximumPC includes MS Home Server in their articles? MS Home Server Users need a home. Why not you?

DePat

Posted 04/22/2009 at 10:58:12am