Comments on: Top Tens — Gadgets (I can’t live without) http://www.stevesjogren.com/index.php/2006/11/19/top-tens-gadgets-i-cant-live-without/ the personal blog of Steve Sjogren Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:11:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Greg Glatz http://www.stevesjogren.com/index.php/2006/11/19/top-tens-gadgets-i-cant-live-without/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Greg Glatz Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:26:41 +0000 http://www.stevesjogren.com/index.php/archives/17#comment-215 Steve: I read this post and your Tech Stuff Buzz page with great interest. Thanks for the heads up on Olympus digital recorders. I wouldn’t have given them any thought if it hadn't been for your recommendation. I picked up an Olympus DS-40 this weekend, primarily for recording podcasts. The sound quality is astounding (44.1). Wow! (Sadly, the DSS software doesn’t work seamlessly with Windows Vista, but Olympus is working on the problem.) Speaking of Windows, PC's, etc.: hey man, get over the BSOD that wiped out your book seven years ago! :-) Don't get me wrong, I've suffered plenty with Windows over the years. Windows 3.1 wasn’t bad, but I have painful memories of Win95, Win98, Win98SE, and WinME (an abomination). By the time Windows 2000 Pro arrived on the scene, things were looking up. I’ve installed and maintained several iterations of Windows Server, all of them solid. WinXP treated me well for years, and Windows Vista looks good so far. Yeah, Vista probably won't be really ready for prime time until SP1, but it's running my apps just fine for now. Like you, I’m an Apple fan, but I can’t buy into the Apple reliability myth. I run both Apple and PC devices, desktops, laptops, iPAQ's and iPod's. They ALL lock up and crash from time to time - all of them (my 8GB nano locked up two days ago). I also don’t think Apple is right for everyone. I give Apple the nod for cool design and a robust collection of user-friendly applications in MacOS. On the other hand, as an IT business solutions provider, I was never able to recommend Apple to our clients. Times are changing. Maybe Apple will dominate the business network market in years to come. Windows has certainly come along way from your BSOD episode in 2000. (Five or six applications running concurrently: that's been a piece of cake for the last dozen PC's I've owned.) And Linux is starting to look very good ... plus it’s open source. The key, I think, is to keep experimenting with technology as it arrives. Stay flexible. Enjoy the variety! Again, thanks for the tech tips. I really like my digital recorder ... and I owe it all to you. Steve: I read this post and your Tech Stuff Buzz page with great interest. Thanks for the heads up on Olympus digital recorders. I wouldn’t have given them any thought if it hadn’t been for your recommendation. I picked up an Olympus DS-40 this weekend, primarily for recording podcasts. The sound quality is astounding (44.1). Wow! (Sadly, the DSS software doesn’t work seamlessly with Windows Vista, but Olympus is working on the problem.)

Speaking of Windows, PC’s, etc.: hey man, get over the BSOD that wiped out your book seven years ago! :-) Don’t get me wrong, I’ve suffered plenty with Windows over the years. Windows 3.1 wasn’t bad, but I have painful memories of Win95, Win98, Win98SE, and WinME (an abomination). By the time Windows 2000 Pro arrived on the scene, things were looking up. I’ve installed and maintained several iterations of Windows Server, all of them solid. WinXP treated me well for years, and Windows Vista looks good so far. Yeah, Vista probably won’t be really ready for prime time until SP1, but it’s running my apps just fine for now.

Like you, I’m an Apple fan, but I can’t buy into the Apple reliability myth. I run both Apple and PC devices, desktops, laptops, iPAQ’s and iPod’s. They ALL lock up and crash from time to time – all of them (my 8GB nano locked up two days ago). I also don’t think Apple is right for everyone. I give Apple the nod for cool design and a robust collection of user-friendly applications in MacOS. On the other hand, as an IT business solutions provider, I was never able to recommend Apple to our clients.

Times are changing. Maybe Apple will dominate the business network market in years to come. Windows has certainly come along way from your BSOD episode in 2000. (Five or six applications running concurrently: that’s been a piece of cake for the last dozen PC’s I’ve owned.) And Linux is starting to look very good … plus it’s open source. The key, I think, is to keep experimenting with technology as it arrives. Stay flexible. Enjoy the variety!

Again, thanks for the tech tips. I really like my digital recorder … and I owe it all to you.

]]> By: dan ohlerking http://www.stevesjogren.com/index.php/2006/11/19/top-tens-gadgets-i-cant-live-without/comment-page-1/#comment-135 dan ohlerking Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:51:25 +0000 http://www.stevesjogren.com/index.php/archives/17#comment-135 i'm with you on the pda/phone deal (i'm not on a treo, but it's close enough), and i'm on the 17" mac big time. it's my office. the belt clip thing i'll have to leave off my version of the list cuz i've learned the hard way that belt clips such as you've described here don't work well for those of us in the 250lbs+ club. too much belt-overlap. nice post, though. made me wonder if i oughtta ask myself why i don't have some form of readily accessible voice recording device. oh yeah, the ipod's a good call too. i’m with you on the pda/phone deal (i’m not on a treo, but it’s close enough), and i’m on the 17″ mac big time. it’s my office. the belt clip thing i’ll have to leave off my version of the list cuz i’ve learned the hard way that belt clips such as you’ve described here don’t work well for those of us in the 250lbs+ club. too much belt-overlap.

nice post, though. made me wonder if i oughtta ask myself why i don’t have some form of readily accessible voice recording device.

oh yeah, the ipod’s a good call too.

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