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From: ToolPackinMama on 11 Mar 2010 20:01 What do you think of the PC Pitstop tests? Is that a good indicator of a computer's performance? I use them whenever I build a new machine or upgrade in any significant way. What the heck, it's free. I find them interesting and amusing, but I have no idea how reliable of an indicator the score is. They don't like Firefox, use IE if you try it. http://www.pcpitstop.com/betapit/pitstop.asp
From: Sjouke Burry on 11 Mar 2010 20:59 ToolPackinMama wrote: > What do you think of the PC Pitstop tests? Is that a good indicator of > a computer's performance? > > I use them whenever I build a new machine or upgrade in any significant > way. What the heck, it's free. I find them interesting and amusing, > but I have no idea how reliable of an indicator the score is. > > They don't like Firefox, use IE if you try it. > > http://www.pcpitstop.com/betapit/pitstop.asp > It did not want to run on firefox, and I dont want to run on I.E. so....NO!
From: VanguardLH on 12 Mar 2010 00:48 ToolPackinMama wrote: > http://www.pcpitstop.com/betapit/pitstop.asp No, not really free. One, you MUST install their ActiveX control to run their client on your host. Two, you must open a "free" account so they can cull your e-mail address (they WILL spam you later; at least make sure to deselect all their "notice" checkboxes). Three, you MUST install Adobe's Flash ActiveX control to run their tests. Four, you answer a SURVEY (so they can gather stats on how to best target your e-mail address by their "affiliates"). Five, they WILL find problems whether real or imagined. Six, they will SELL you a solution for the "problems" they claim to have found (they will suggest you pay $50 for their PC Matic version that will "fix" the problems it claims to have found). No thanks. You get suckered if you want.
From: ToolPackinMama on 12 Mar 2010 02:53 On 3/12/2010 12:48 AM, VanguardLH wrote: > ToolPackinMama wrote: > >> http://www.pcpitstop.com/betapit/pitstop.asp > > No, not really free. One, you MUST install their ActiveX control to run > their client on your host. That doesn't cost anything. > Two, you must open a "free" account so they can > cull your e-mail address (they WILL spam you later; at least make sure to > deselect all their "notice" checkboxes). I have been a member for years. They never spammed me once. Oh and signing up is free. > Three, you MUST install Adobe's > Flash ActiveX control to run their tests. Which is free... > Four, you answer a SURVEY (so > they can gather stats on how to best target your e-mail address by their > "affiliates"). I think I skipped that part. Anyway, that's free. > Five, they WILL find problems whether real or imagined. How do you know? Doesn't sound like you ever tried it. > Six, they will SELL you a solution for the "problems" they claim to have > found (they will suggest you pay $50 for their PC Matic version that will > "fix" the problems it claims to have found). Um, no... you are thinking of the products that they advertise on their site. The test and results are free. They can't sell you anything if you don't buy it. I never bought anything from them.
From: VanguardLH on 12 Mar 2010 03:33
ToolPackinMama wrote: > On 3/12/2010 12:48 AM, VanguardLH wrote: >> ToolPackinMama wrote: >> >>> http://www.pcpitstop.com/betapit/pitstop.asp >> >> No, not really free. One, you MUST install their ActiveX control to run >> their client on your host. > > That doesn't cost anything. Oh really. One item that I forgot to test was if their AX install added an entry in the Add/Remove Programs applet. Does it? If not, you don't consider software that you install but has no uninstall entry in Add/Remove Programs a means of polluting your hard disk with software that you may longer want? If you no longer want to use their online scanner (which requires their AX control on your host) then you get the joy of having to figure out how to ferret out their AX control and all remnant file and registry entries for it. >> Two, you must open a "free" account so they can cull your e-mail address >> (they WILL spam you later; at least make sure to deselect all their >> "notice" checkboxes). > > I have been a member for years. They never spammed me once. Oh and > signing up is free. Did you sign up using a unique e-mail address that ONLY they received from you? Or did you signup using your true e-mail address. If you use an e-mail alias that is unique and only given to them, you can check if you ever get any spam through that alias. After all, it is unique and divulged to only one source. If e-mails come through that alias, you know to exactly whom you gave it. If you give out your common true e-mail address, you'll never know if they or their affiliates spammed you. >> Three, you MUST install Adobe's Flash ActiveX control to run their tests. > > Which is free... So much for it being a free ONLINE scan since it has to pollute your computer with their AX control and Adobe's AX control (which is stupid because there is no need for Flash content to show a guage for bandwidth performance that could've been done in HTML). Getting AIDS is free, too. Later there's the cost. >> Four, you answer a SURVEY (so they can gather stats on how to best target >> your e-mail address by their "affiliates"). > > I think I skipped that part. Anyway, that's free. You don't realize the point of the survey? It's marketing data. And it's tied to the e-mail address that you give them. >> Five, they WILL find problems whether real or imagined. > > How do you know? Doesn't sound like you ever tried it. I ran a test. One "problem" was the Internet buffer size (suggesting that I move away from the 1500 bytes per packet size but which is necessary for compatibility with my ISP). There were so many bogus problems that they listed that I didn't really care about any particular one. Oh, I remember they claimed that I had to defrag my hard disk despite that it was just defragged. >> Six, they will SELL you a solution for the "problems" they claim to have >> found (they will suggest you pay $50 for their PC Matic version that >> will "fix" the problems it claims to have found). > > Um, no... you are thinking of the products that they advertise on their > site. The test and results are free. Um, no, I'm talking about the page of results which suggests you get their PC Matic program to do a better scan of your host. However, any "problems" it reports it will not fix until you pay the $50 for it. > They can't sell you anything if you don't buy it. I never bought anything > from them. Same for spam e-mails and phish sites, too. |