09-21-2015, 10:59 PM
hal wrote:
[quote=Lew Zealand]
[quote=hal]
Since Dealmac is coming to an end, I thought it might be fun to review how we all got together.
I was shopping for a new computer in 1997 and spent a lot of time on a forum for Power Computing users that was started by the same guy that founded dpreview (which took off right as PCC lost their Apple license and the forum died a little while later)
On that forum, someone mentioned the existence of dealmac and it soon became a daily reader that lasted for YEARS - longer than any other site I can think of...
anyway, how did you discover dealmac (and later the dealmac forum and then this one)?
That story sounds very familiar as I was following the same websites (the Power Computing forum). The Digital camera review site he started at that time was DCResource.com, I remember it very well. I bought my much used and loved Kodak DC4800 based on his very good review of it. I think his name was/is Jeff Keller.
Ah... you're right - I couldn't remember the right camera page, but I do remember that his name was Jeff Keller - he started while still at UCSD (my school) - we chatted a few times...
Hey cool, I only "knew" him though his various online endeavors. And I just remembered the Power Computing site: Powerwatch.com. I eventually ended up owning one of each PowerComputing machine from the PCI years:
PowerBase 180
PowerCenter 150 (my first)
PowerCenterPro 210
PowerTower 180
PowerTower Pro 250
All E-cycled in a garage purge about 2 years ago. No hate mail, please!