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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. 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"

  3. 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.

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

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

    It's called OS X.

  6. 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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