I use the Usenet for most of my computer hardware/software issues. The reason is simple: the Usenet is an open forum and threads don't get locked just because someone decides they don't like what you are saying. The price you pay is the occasional troll and spam, but it's a price worth paying...
The feeling I've come away with today is that the Hot Deals forum on AT is indeed a waste of time to visit if I have already visited FW. There seems to be no will to make it any better than it is, and with this will is lacking it will continue to wither. I was hoping to hear a few "yeah, your...
I've done all this... but not on AT. I've lived on the newsgroups and other forums for many years, helping people and being helped.
Perhaps I should restrict my criticism to the Hot Deals forum, in which case my opinions still stand.
I'm probably a bit behind, but up until quite recently the main site seemed stagnant. The "featured article" was invariably an old one from the archives and many of the other headline articles were simply links to other sites. It does look now that things are picking up, but I wonder how many...
AT has very little to offer now on that front too. New articles are nowhere near as prolific or interesting (to me anyway) as they used to be. It promotes articles several years old and they use links to articles on other sites much more.
So what you're saying is... it's best if the forums are sh*t because then they are cheaper and less hassle to run. Well, if that's the general attitude then I'm outta here for good. I'd be surprised if it was though.
AT has been on a slippy slope for a long time and it ain't getting any better AFAICS. I can't remember the last good deal that originated here... and a lot of the good deals don't make it this far. If the management here gives a hoot about these forums I reckon they need to take action asap...
I got the Antec SX1040BII Performance II Series SOHO File Server Case for about $75 using a $20/100 coupon and PMing to eBuyer.com here. This is a good case too.
Although +/- compatibility is nice, it isn't really useful. The media is priced about the same and once burned can be read by most DVD drives irrespective of the format. If I was looking for a drive now I'd want +R/RW and HD-Burn. If I got -R/RW too, then all the better. In this respect the...
I know an inventory dump when I see it. Faced with a plethora of multi-format drives rapidly approaching the $100 mark, the HP 300i was looking antiquated and sorely overpriced. HP are often first to the market but rarely hang in for long. Same thing happened with CDRW drives. HP were one of the...
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