Posted 07/17/2009 at 01:43:24pm

This red on white is too much. It makes me despondent and invokes self-mutilation tendencies.

Bob Cook
Montgomery, TX

Posted 12/31/2008 at 05:21:48pm

I installed the beta three days ago. While the install went very quickly and the system seems much faster to boot and operate than Vista, I did run into an immediate issue with my Guitarport over the USB connection. The issue is there is a definite lag between playing the guitar and the sound arriving through the speakers. Quite disconcerting. About 0.25 sec I would guess. Does not occur with XP or Vista so I have to think there is some ongoing work with the USB stack in this beta.

 Sent a problem report already. Probably wondering why I am reporting on something I shouldn't have. I am a team player though.

Bob Cook
Montgomery, TX

Posted 09/05/2008 at 08:11:55pm

He's a 10. As in perfect. Yeah, the underlying message is that it is a perfect fit but will need to be broken in like a pair of new shoes. It's creative.

Bob Cook
Montgomery, TX

Posted 08/15/2008 at 08:01:47pm

I see this as a way for MS to provide a sort of antithetic Vista campaign. Meaning, promise little, communicate honest pieces of truth and release beyond expectation set.

 Anyway you look at it, its a means of promotion. That's its marked with doubt by the same mainstream pundits that pumped Vista and set the stage for its anti-climactic release, I find a bit ironic.

Bob Cook
Montgomery, TX

Posted 07/04/2008 at 02:30:17pm

Thanks for the timely review. I am on my way to newegg for the Tempest. Time to move the old out of the P180 and rebuild. The old machine is still a great system for a student or moderate gamer so I will rebuild it in a new case and donate.That's the beauty of being an enthusiast. Our definition of old and tired is still quite good for most others.

Bob Cook
Montgomery, TX

Posted 06/25/2008 at 09:48:00pm

Folks,

Just have to say, I have been eagerly awaiting the new site since reading about it a couple issues back. It is fantastic. Is it just me or were you trying to show the Canonical folks a thing or two by making an orange theme rock?

I look forward to exploring it more in the future. Oh and thank you sweet Zeus for bringing back Best of Best. ***** thing rules! 

Bob Cook
Montgomery, TX

Posted 05/30/2008 at 08:09:59pm

Y'all just ain't right. Your sense of humor, mocking the Mac for the cooking game. I couldn't help but laugh at your twisted sarcasm yet again.

Posted 08/29/2007 at 05:42:29pm

it seems to me that when a company goes out of its way to repeat a mistake that left lumps on its head before, there is something fundamentally wrong with the OS. Why can't the system provide a security-based API that can be trusted and robust. Instead, developers have to resort to "creative" ways to protect devices/data, e.g., rootkits. Sony's not being malicious here I believe, they are simply trying to come up with something that works. I'm not going to say Windows sux this time.

Posted 08/06/2007 at 06:44:24pm

Agree that Works is a bad foundation to test this idea. Hell, I wouldn't use it if they paid me to do so. So why not prove the validity by offering up office, word and excel as a minimum. I'd happily read ads in exchange for that.

Posted 07/16/2007 at 09:35:05pm

Guys - you are at your best with this review. The comment about mushroom clouds and MBA had me laughing at loud. But on a serious note, I wish Commodore the very best. I may be dating myself but my first computer was a Commodore Colt, with an 8087 processor, two 5.25" floppy drives and (I think) 640K or ram with a VGA monitor. The mouse was an expensive add-on! I remember staying up late many nights, reading the GW-Basic manual that came with it. I taught myself a lot about programming - stuff that I still use as I endeavor to learn VB.NET, some two decades later in my profession as a chemical engineer. Yes, I cut my teeth on WP 5.0/5.1 for DOS and dreaded the migration to Windows 3.0 when our company said it was time to "upgrade". I sold the machine to a friend of mine back in 1994 and he still uses it to run simple programs for his service station. I have found memories of my Commodore.