Posts by KJ 3 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Jan 2009
I can attest to the instability of the My Book series. I bought a 1TB version just over a year ago to act as an external backup drive and to take all of my data with me when I went travelling. It is ridiculously easy to knock over and consequently, it's died after less than a year.
If anyone buys this, I strongly recommend that they find some way of wedging it upright to prevent any premature drive deaths.
I've been using Windows 7 RTM for a few weeks now on my desktop and laptop thanks to MSDNAA. The installation process is slightly smoother than Vista's (and certainly exceeds XP) and the final result is fantastic. On both machines I didn't have to go and find a single driver, it even installed the latest graphics drivers on the desktop. Sleep/hibernate activity seems to have been improved too as it's much faster and more reliable.
The new taskbar is pretty good, I love the right click quick access functions and the new hover to see the entire preview function.
On both systems it's been rock solid, not a single crash, bluescreen etc. I am extremely pleased with W7.
After experimenting with them for around 6 months, albeit in economy mode, i've decided that they are not worth the cost at all.
While I got plenty of clicks, these clicks simply didn't go into conversions - not a single one. I got a lot more conversions via other, free advertising methods. Hence, it makes no sense for me to continue with the system.
The findings in the article also seem to confirm my suspicions about the system. Secrecy and ignorance is indeed their biggest tool.
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