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The Ten Worst Products of the Year

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the there's-only-a-week-left-not-to-buy-them dept.

WaZiX writes "Not sure what you want to buy for christmas? Well me neither, but PCMag has an interesting article on what they consider to be the 10 worst products of the year, so at least you know what not to buy. Helpful article that picked out products from different categories such as PDA's, Notebooks and MP3 players."

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  1. Re:eMac by TheRedHorse · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'd also point out you can get an 80 GB drive with the emac if you wish, and a DVD burner is also available, their review of the eMac makes it seem that these options aren't available.

  2. the list by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Digital Cameras: Concord 5062AF
    PDA: iPAQ
    Phone: Samsung D415
    Desktop PC: eMac
    Notebook PC: VoodooPC Envy m:380
    Multifunction Printer: MFP Laser Printer 1600n
    MP3 Players: Mojo 1
    HDTV: ADS Upconverter
    Camcorder: Fisher's FVD-C1
    Wireless: WF717-APR router

    1. Re:the list by sarahemm · · Score: 3, Informative

      The iPAQ rz1715 to be specific, not the entire line.

  3. Re:eMac by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    It is a bit odd. I just looked at Dell prices (of course I might have missed systems, do correct me if I'm wrong). Dells are 40GB drives until you get to $899 systems. Nor do they contain DVD burners( or even CD burners) until you hit above the eMac price. Nor do they have even ATI or nvidia graphics, but onboard intel stuff. Doesn't look much different to me.

    "Don't buy an eMac cos it sucks at X, Y and Z. Buy a dell instead, they also suck at X, Y and Z"

  4. Re:Interesting Thought... by wishlish · · Score: 5, Informative

    Given that one of their "Best Fall Software Downloads" was riddled with spyware (as I found out the hard way!), I'm all for this. Any major magazine recommending vendors of malware will never get my attention again.

  5. Re:eMac by bhima · · Score: 4, Informative
    The eMac is the only device on that list I've had contact with. My Mum and little sister have an eMac & iMac respectivly. Neither of them play games but my Nieces & Nephews do and they seem pretty OK with both systems. Neither of them are even close to filling up the hard drive. Both went to a computer shop on their own to compare prices and had the sales guy tell them that the $499 loss leader PC was worse than useless and that they needed to spend $999.

    Also I have a Dual G5 PowerMac with a total of 1.3 Terabytes of digital photos which I don't have a problem moving about with GigE or Firewire. Hasn't this guy ever heard of Firewire, USB and Ethernet?

    I have to wonder how real is the rest of the list?

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  6. I'm in Denmark, you insensitive clod.. by erlando · · Score: 3, Informative
    We open our gifts on the evening of Dec 24th..

    ;o)

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  7. Re:eMac by BenjyD · · Score: 5, Informative

    So where is this "provide more value" you are talking about?

    It's called OS X.

  8. Re:Tech Credentials by Otter · · Score: 4, Informative

    Please note that the original read "...output quality that redefines GIGO (Good In, Garbage Out)...". Not the acme of technical humor (or the grammatical construction thereof), but it seems to have sailed over your head.

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  9. Re:how come? by rhild · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Car Talk guys (from NPR) have the Worst Cars of the Millenium as voted on by their listeners.

    It's funny and worth a read.

  10. Re:eMac by jawtheshark · · Score: 3, Informative
    I don't think it is an unbreakable fort, just as I know that OpenBSD, Linux, Solaris, whatever isn't unbreakable. OS X does have automatic updates, and they work very fine.

    However, I can surf with Safari without getting drive-by-downloads, or whatnot. It is pretty much secure out of the box. Besides, there is not a single service active on a newly installed OS X. Windows XP SP2 has a firewall to protect its services now, but currently all OEMS ship with XP SP1.

    Tell your friend not to install all that stuff that gives him malware.

    Well, there was spyware, but no program that traditionally includes spyware (Like Kazaa). I could enumerate the software that was installed on his machine, and apart from Yahoo Messenger everything seems to have been preinstalled. All problems that he had were caused by using IE.

    I think you are being a bit obtuse with your view on Macs. My whole point is that a computer neophyte can buy a Mac and keep it running without being exposed to too much problems, and you can't with a OEM PC.
    Up until last weekend I didn't know that he had a PC! How could I have educated him? So, the computer neophyte must be educated before he buys a computer... Hey, that would make him a non-neophyte. Funny how it works, eh?

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