Archive for the ‘Buying Choices’ Category

Review of the Garmin nuvi 205W GPS

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

After my ordeal with the TomTom XL 330, I wanted to find a good upgrade to my Garmin c320.  I wanted coordinates and Where Am I? features in particular. I hope Garmin reads this, I could help them sell millions more. PROS: 1. Best routes.  (See my cons)  This may be one of ...

Review of the awful TomTom XL 330 GPS

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

I have a Garmin c320 GPS unit and wanted to upgrade to a model with more features - particularly coordinates and "Where Am I" features.  After reading the reviews, I really liked the features in the TomTom XL 330.  The only hesitation I had was with the speaker volume.  The ...

Comcast Cable Internet for $25/month!

Monday, April 28th, 2008

For those of you that refuse to pay $45/month for internet, here is another option. Comcast has an economy plan in some areas in which you pay $24.95 per month and get 768Kbps download speeds. They do not advertise this, but have it as an option to compete ...

Pictures of a Counterfeit Microsoft Office 2003 Professional

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Well, I got burned on eBay. I looked so carefully through listings that I believed were bogus and I settled on a seller (in the USA) with high feedback. I received the box today -- a sealed Retail Box of Microsoft Office 2003 Professional. I was a ...

Do you need to buy a new digital TV before February 2009?

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

NO!! Boy, this is such an opportunity for deception (see this article, 3/4 of the way down), and I don't like deception.  The myth is out there -- you need a new HDTV before February 2009.  The cable companies and TV stores, I'm sure, aren't going to try too hard to ...

Widescreen = Small Screen

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

For some reason widescreen monitors are all the rage, so that's primarily what the stores are selling now and almost all laptops now have widescreens. I suppose that the HDTV-look influences it and just because it looks cool and new, etc. However, I think that the sizes that ...

Routers – faster is better!?

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Please, consumers, do not take your purchasing advice from Best Buy sales people... It has been the myth that you must buy a new digital TV before January 2009 (I'll blog about that another day). Now sales people are pushing Wireless-N routers. I was looking in a ...