Posted 11/19/2009 at 10:19:30pm

I have been using this for quick and dirty help for my clients for about 4 months now. It works great, the hosting is great, it's a good deal. Of course the down side is there isn't any extra editing available like with Camtasia. WYSIWYG. It just works and is always there. Hope it stays that way.

Posted 11/11/2009 at 08:49:04am

StarCraft is a franchise that is doomed to begin with. C&C has the market locked on that one.

Posted 11/02/2009 at 02:37:36pm

It's all hype to sell more boxes. I'm a video editor, graphic and web designer. I tried to switch to mac. Honestly. I gave up because I had to run two computers, one mac and one PC. The fact is, most of the editors I know who use mac are in the same boat, OR, they are dual booting between Windows and OS X. What's the point? I'm not any better of an editor or designer because I have a MAC. Tools are tools, it's all about the person's ability to use the tools at hand.

I guess what I am trying to say here, if they gain a small amount of market share with people who don't really know what they are buying, well then so be it. But what I know is, I only need one computer in operation to run my business and with the upgrade to a 64 bit Windows 7 I have been very content for the past week. I can see the performance improvements brought on by not only a 64 bit OS with apps that take advantage of that, but also in the core itself. The system runs, runs well. Can't ever imagine going back and trying to do it again on a Mac with limited software.

Posted 10/27/2009 at 07:37:42am

Baseshield looked like the nicest of the bunch but it doesn't support 64 bit. Something the writer of an article for a "Power Users" magazine should have made note of.

Posted 10/08/2009 at 09:24:15am

I have noticed that on th ebeta laptop I have been running for months, it takes around 3 minutes to get to a useable state. It didn't start out that way. The sad thing is we have added no extraneous programs etc. The configuration is the exact same.All we have done with it is use to surf the net at bedtime. Nothing more.

While a big part of me wants to upgrade, XP and my dev apps all work fine as of now and for the foreseeable future. If it isn't broke, dont fix it.

Posted 08/06/2009 at 09:23:24am

I dont think it really matters. Alot of folks aren't buying because they took out LAN action. Besides, C&C4 is a better prospect to begin with. More power to them but I haven't bought a Blizzard product since the original Starcraft and I don't plan on buying anymore.

Posted 07/15/2009 at 07:49:20am

Not everyone has a quality internet connection. We host 16 player LAN's in my garage in the boonies. The Internet connection sucks and wont handle 16 people pounding it out to battle.net... on the other hand, we get by beautifully on any local lan game. Alot of us in my aging group (Im 41) were looking forward to Starcraft II ... Not anymore. Other games and publishers wil get our money this year. Not Blizzard.

Posted 05/01/2009 at 11:47:41am

The fact is, I have an IBM A30 Laptop that is now 7 years old and still running perfectly. No broken hinges, etc. It has outlasted ALL of my Apple Laptops and taken far more abuse.

While I love the Mac OS, I have nothing but contempt for Apple hardware.

Posted 03/03/2009 at 04:10:33pm

Psion owns the trademark, free and clear. Intel must license said use of trademark. Bottom line. That's the law as it is written.

Posted 02/04/2009 at 05:42:19pm

This is exactly why I will not move beyond Windows XP. If there comes a day I can't use Xp anymore, then I suppose I'll have to finally go 100% Linux or MAC. XP is my last Microsoft Operating system until Microsoft starts using sensible businese practices.