Here at PeeCee User™ we decided to run a survey of the best
PeeCee Web sites on the Internet. We asked our readers to pick from a
comprehensive list of the nine Web sites we could find or knew about.
Users could also write in results. Here are the winners:
Top Sites
As the Hard Drive Spins: This very popular site has been
featured on All My Children and Jerry Springer. Written in the style
of the prattle from a telemarketer, it offers things called Analogies
and Sarcasm and Witty Repartee. About once a month or so they
completely cover the changes in the PeeCee world in a paragraph or
two. (1,390,234 votes)
PC Central: This popular site notes where PeeCees are seen
in the media. Just lately they've had to start updating twice a month
because of all the new sightings. They also track Macs, but only if
they're running Virtual PC or are seen in a Microsoft ad. (327
votes)
The PC Observer: Well regarded in the PeeCee world, this
site reviews hardware, software, and offers opinion columns such as
iSistah. After each news item, they "spin" the news from a PeeCee
user's perspective. This helps us understand the propaganda coming
out of Redmond bereft of the Gatesian Reality Distortion Field.™
It is kind of hard to read the spinning text, though. (209 votes)
PC Surfer: This site categorizes news and articles from
around the Web. Each day they offer a whole section dedicated just to
PeeCee users. (199 votes)
Barf.com: This site offers highly opinionated reviews of
other sites' content. They especially hate sites which do not report
the Rumor of the Day. Older articles are called "Old Smelly Barf."
Set your Internet filter to "allows really smelly stuff through."
(180 volts)
ihatemacs.com:
This popular site skewers the myths surrounding the Mac operating
system such as, "Mac users secretly hate their interface and are
lying to us when they tell us they really like it." Here's another
gem: "Macs suck!" We love that one. (159 votes)
myPCmenu.com: This site recently underwent a total
revision, so change your bookmarks. They list every press release
related to PeeCees and have an excellent PeeCee section set in 56
point type. (134 votes)
PCAddict.com: We tried to look at this site, but our
Internet filter kept blocking the domain name - something about
promoting drug use. (109 votes)
PC World Magazine: Noted for its balanced PeeCee reviews
and unbiased reporting, our users enjoy the fact that the PeeCee
information is located in an easy to find spot-the back - and that
it has the least PeeCee advertising per issue of any popular PeeCee
rag. Unfortunately, the survey was supposed to be Web sites, not
magazines, so we'll probably delete this paragraph before you read
it. (92 votes)
www.apple.com: Here's a little insider tip. See what
Apple's doing that no one else is right now. Wait until a PC
manufacturer starts to do it, then buy the PC manufacturer's stock.
We did when HP started offering FireWire compatible mood ring covers.
Works every time. (81 votes)
www.pcfixit.com: This site has a chart with compatibility
matrices showing how manufacturers' products work with each other.
For example, how hard drive X works in manufacturer Y's computer.
Users can also report compatibility problems and resolutions. The
PeeCee section, of course, lists everything as incompatible - as we
all know, nothing on a PeeCee works on another PeeCee. Examples
include IEEE 1394 interfaces, which are not mentioned in any
documentation that comes with the iPC, and USB, which as we all know
was first popularized on the Dell Confabulation in 1999. The complete
database of incompatibilities runs to 4 Terabytes, so get those
CD-R's ready. (72 votes)
www.slashdot.com.org.net.gov:
This site has a comment section followed by actual research by
respected Web authorities. A great site to check out if your
brother-in-law's theory about fixing your PeeCee isn't working. They
like Linus from the Peanuts comic strip and haven't acknowledged that
Charles Shultz is dead. Oh yeah, they will comment on Macs, but you
have to know someone on staff to get it to happen. (34 votes)
www.Microsoft.com:
We're surprised this site didn't rank higher, as everyone knows that
without Microsoft the PC would be dead as a doornail in winter (or
some other better written metaphor we can't think of right now.)
These guys seem a little schizophrenic, it seems to us. Did you even
know there was an Office suite for Macs? Whose side are these guys
on, anyway? (8 votes)
PeeCee User™: How we managed to get votes for other
sites on our survey in excess of the hits to our own site is still
being investigated. (3 votes)
Dell.com: If you want to check out the year before last
year's PeeCees, take a look at this site. Our readers didn't think
much of it, though (1 vote - that would be us).
Not Recommended
www.youranidiot.com: This fellow offers a Mac emulator
which runs on a PeeCee, though it puzzles us why anyone would
actually want such a thing. If you ask him a question about the
relative merits of PeeCees and Macs, you get a framed snail mail with
certificate of authenticity that says, well, "you're an idiot."
Frankly, we don't know how this guy stays in business. (42 votes)
WindowsRumors.com: Aside from boring technical reports
about Intel's late-night brainstorming sessions, we don't think this
site has much to offer Mac or PeeCee users. By the way, everything
they say is true, even when they're telling you they are lying. (-5
votes)
WindowsInsider.com: Updates every hour on the hour and
reports on the latest attempts to catch up with the latest Apple
innovations. Mostly about PC industry news, really. (11 votes)
Low End PC: This
Luddite site recommends users actually upgrade or try to work around
problems with their current computers by fiddling with configurations
instead of taking the industry standard solution for solving PC
problems: buying a new computer. (1-1/2 votes)
We hope you enjoyed our nonscientific and meaningless survey and hope
you'll come back again next week when we do it all over again. By the
way, please do write and tell us that we are idiots for not including
your worthless and seldom visited site on our original list. We love
deleting spam.
iPods that never passed beta or focus groups, 09.13.
"What most Apple fans don't realize is that there were a few iPod variants that never made it out of beta testing and the focus group stage."
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Amazon.com v. Interstate Sales Tax: Everyone Loses, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 07.01.
Amazon.com is standing up to states that are trying to have it collect sales tax on interstate commerce, which most see as a violation of federal law.
Introduction to Autofs in Mac OS X, Keith Winston, Linux to Mac, 07.01.
"Autofs is often used in enterprise environments to set up network-based home directories and other network mounts for users at login."
Checking Out Safari 4 on an Old PowerBook, Charles W. Moore, 'Book Value, 06.30.
Safari 4 is the fastest it's ever been, but it's not without some frustrating drawbacks.
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