Bonzi Buddy

Pros: The uninstall application works well.
Cons: I wasted time, precious time, on this program.

Pondering Peedy's Passing

With apologies to Robert Louis Stevenson:

I had a little parrot that lived within my screen,
And what can be the use of him is more than I have seen,
He taunts me every moment,
He’s a...

Pros: interactive software; silly jokes and cute comments; organization tools
Cons: silly jokes and cute comments; slurred voice module

The BonziBuddy is my little chubby purple desktop pal that talks to me, tells me jokes, sends email messages, surfs the net, keeps me organized, and more.

He is quite a looker too, standing about an inch tall with dark purple fur and a...

Pros: entertains kids, wakes me when I fall asleep
Cons: annoying, interrupts, bring back the parrot!

This is just one of the comments I hear nightly from the purple ape called Bonzi Buddy. When I first found the annoying creature back in December of 1999. I just got my computer and Bonzi Buddy was the first banner ad I found and downloaded...

Pros: cute idea
Cons: badly executed excuse for a sales pitch. Hold on to your wallet!

Back when Epinions was new, I discovered Bonzi Buddy before it was a gorilla. In those days, he was a cute little Parrot named Petey. Today, Bonzi Buddy is a small purple gorilla named Bonzi. However, not much has changed. Bonzi Buddy is still...

Pros: Cute character
Cons: nearly lost my PC because of it

This computer software is supposed to catch a handsome $40.00 . Today , I got an e-mail stating I could down load it for free from a freebies site I subscribed to . I got it for free . Now , a crashed PC later I will fondly remember this as my grape...

Pros: will tell you how to say words
Cons: interrupts real work, distracting, stupid, annoying....

The title of this review is what I do whenever I use the computer in the English room at the elementary school where I teach in Israel. Our Bonzi has been set up to help children with English. I don't know whose idea this was, but it doesn't work.
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Pros: Cute and amusing
Cons: unwanted updates

UPDATE. 4/19/02
Bonzi finally became so annoying I decided to remove the program. It was virtually impossible to get rid of all the files. In fact, I never totally succeeded in completing the removal until my computer crashed and had to be...

Pros: VERY FAST RECREDIT OF CHARGES
Cons: IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL!

INTRO:

This review is to warn new PC Users from being scammed. If you have only used a PC a short time you may fall prey to this “Cute Parrot”! But “Bonzi Buddy” is not only a Parrot that flies around your PC and...

Pros: Kids will love this cute monkey for a little while!.
Cons: Just plain annoying after a few days. Way to expensive for all his features!

Really hard to say who will love this little purple monkey on your computer or who will find him not so entertaining and delete him faster than he can "I have a joke for you." That's pretty much how you will see him. You will love him to...

Pros: trivia, nice smile, compliments you, greets you
Cons: talks way too much, corny jokes, waste of time

I discovered Bonzi Buddy 2 months ago, May to be exact, through a banner ad. Right now, you can't find this purple gorilla on my computer. I HAD to delete him!

What is this, err, Purple Gorilla & What I Don't Like About Him
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Pros: Adorable, cute and purple
Cons: yakity yak

My son got this free download after a friend told him about it. His name is BonziBuddy. We just love him. So of course we told all our family and friends about the little cutie. Now we all have him. He tells you All kinds of interesting facts as you surf...

Pros: It can say your name.
Cons: Drove me up the wall with the constant chattering!

Let me give you the bird....

That's what one of my friends asked me one afternoon. She explained that she had just downloaded this program that has a little bird named Peedy the Parrot that sits on your computer screen and he "gets to...

Pros: Funny for one night
Cons: It's amazing how quickly the laughs turn to jeers

While I was living in the dorm last year, someone told me about Bonzi.com. It was this cute little bird that would talk to you. I downloaded it, and absolutely everyone loved it that one night. Everyone who had a computer downloaded it that night....

Pros: Comes with an un-install feature that actually works
Cons: Constant ads for upgrades, poor performance

Peedy is a cute little dickens, or so I thought the first time he flew out of the distance to tell me he loves me! Lucky me, I have a friend in the computer who loves me and can understand spoken commands. Ok, I got sucked into the upgrade for the...

Pros: he is kind of cute, he flatters you
Cons: no real uses, costs money for good stuff

My husband, in all of his love for me, is always looking for ways to make my time on the computer more fun and enjoyable. He was emailed a download from C-Net, and told me I had to get this bird. We went to the Bonzi site, and were amazed. This bird...

Pros: None
Cons: A nuisance. A waste of time and drive space.

A few weeks ago, a friend attached the Bonzai program to an e-mail, suggesting I load it. I have spent the following days trying to figure out why my friend no longer likes me. What did I do to him to deserve this total waste of effort and hard drive...

Pros: Free, great speaking aspect, truly virtual
Cons: IT IS A SALESMAN!!!!

Hrm...Okay. Here's the deal. My sister called me one day and said, "Go to www.bonzibuddy.com and download this GREAT new pet parrot called Peedee! He is da bomb!" Well, what do you do when that happens?...You go to the site and get it.
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Pros: nice start page, with search capabilities, and news, etc.
Cons: irritating, and everything costs money to upgrade

I guess I've only had Bonzi for a matter of a few months, so I haven't gotten sick of him yet. Mind you, I did find a way to turn him off, so the irritating factor doesn't really get to me...YET! Bonzi, a cute little purple ape that surfs around on a...

Pros: free for a limited time, a great pal to have on the computer.
Cons: can get annoying, but you can turn him off

Bonzi buddy is a cute little purple ape that talks to my family and me. He tells me jokes, reads my email, sings songs to me, and does so much more. Right now Bonzi is asleep, but he'll be up and about real soon. He doesn't follow your mouse or anything...

Pros: Programmed by a genius, the cutest, wittiest thing ever
Cons: Edgar Allen's Raven in disguise

I first met Bonzi Buddy about two weeks after I got my new computer and I was also a novice! I saw him advertised on AOL so I went to the website and downloaded the free software. Since I was so new at computers, I thought anything that went wrong was...

Pros: I never found out
Cons: Couldn't get it installed

First, I'd like to establish the fact that I have never used Bonzi Buddy. I must be the only person on the face of the planet that couldn't get this program to install.

A friend of mine told me about Bonzi Buddy, saying his daughter...

Pros: cute at first
Cons: gets old real fast!!

I really should be having my husband write this review because only he could tell you exactly how much I hate this thing.

My husband decided to install Bonzi Buddy because his dad said that it was really cute. Cute??? Ya Right!! This...

Pros: none
Cons: crappy programming, causes errors, annoying, hard to get rid of

At first I thought the Bonzi Buddy was cute. It is a small, purple monkey that stands around on your screen, occasionally offering a random joke or bit of trivia. He talks, and if you feel the need, you can make him say whatever you wish. His...

Pros: Very Cute! Makes me laugh sometimes Just when I needed to
Cons: He is constantly trying to sell you his other available programs

My Mother-in-Law called me. "Dawn, you have got to see this parrot that I downloaded from the internet. He's the cutest thing! He follows you around and talks to you and keeps track of your favorite stuff.....he even tells jokes! You should get...

Pros: Cute for kids
Cons: Everything Else

Despite the fact that I usually write long detailed opinions, there is just not much to say about the Bonzi Buddy, other than it stinks.

Bonzi Buddy is a file that you download onto your computer. From then on, every time you turn on your...

Pros: Small Purple Gorilla
Cons: Talk, Talks Talks

I was introduced to Bonzi, a small purple gorilla, by my girlfriend. She said that it was cute and funny. So I went home to download Bonzi. I should have know that anything that takes over an hour to download would not be worth all the...

Pros: Will entertain your grandmother for an hour.
Cons: After an hour, even SHE'LL hate him!!!

***********************Update**********************
Yes, it's true... due solely to my verbal wrecking-ball attack on that green feathered thing that DID once call itself Bonzi, the Bonzi folks have changed it to a big Grape Ape. Will I update my...

Pros: Funny, whacky, creative utility right on your desktop
Cons: Irritating at times

PURPLE APE: MY FRIEND

I had purchased a new home PC and INTERNET was the buzz word, so I took this new connection and developed this new addiction for surfing and mailing. I came across a banner that featured the photo of purple ape with...

Pros: Very entertaining, educational & helpful
Cons: Wish I could program him to sing my own songs and dialog permanently

I think the title says it all. I sit here all alone on my computer, while my husband watches the T.V. and I loose track of time because I get distracted by the search engines. I ask for "Dolls" it gives me porn.

At least when...

Pros: 5 minutes of cuteness
Cons: makes you dumber, can be costly

Even if I had kids I wouldn't let them keep this ape.

I downloaded (via Broadband), the purple monkey, just to see if it was amusing, or, as promised, helpful. It was neither. I have since figured out that 30-year-old males are not...

Pros: He is fun and informative
Cons: He is capable of driving one absolutely nuts.

It would appear from the majority of other opinions about Bonzi.com, that I am nearly alone in my affection for my little on-line companion. He flies in when I log on, and stays with me for most of my extended stays at the computer. He tells me jokes,...

Pros: A cute little parrot talks to you while you surf the net....
Cons: ....until he realizes that your bank account only has one name on it and it's not his!!

I signed up for this because it was offered free in one of the newsletters I get weekly in my email box. After a lengthly download, I was ready to go. I restarted my computer as suggested, and signed back on to the internet.
This cute little...

Pros: A cute idea
Cons: did not work, annoying, long to download

I first saw this little parrot on my brothers computer when I was visiting. I thought he was cute and didn't think any more of it. When I returned home I ran across him again on the web and decided what the heck I was going to download him. Then I got...

Pros: Free
Cons: Yakkety Yak

When I first got my computer,this was the first thing I downloaded,it was free.A talking parrot,named Peedy.At first all I did was have fun with him,but then I found out he can search things on the internet for you,and he does it fast(like he says if it...

Pros: none
Cons: spyware, security breach, annoying, relatively impossible to remove

As a computer technician over the last several years, I've seen little Bonzi grow from a cute (almost innocent) little chimp to a gorilla hiding in the corner, stalking you, waiting to rip your head off. Having experienced situations with the purple...

Pros: Absolutely nothing!
Cons: Everything about this crap monkey!

I found this thing while browsing one of my favorite sites. I clicked on it and downloaded it. Took me a total of about 5 minutes. Needless to say, I hated this crap monkey.

Where to start? The jokes, the suck! Nobody in their right mind would...

Pros: He is a cute little guy with a big smile!
Cons: He's an annoying salesman!

I've found Bonzi Buddy to be quite entertaining at times. The way he pops up & says nice little things & eats his banana's is cool. I like how he swings accross the computer screen from a vine & a cloud of dust appearing when he lands. The option to...

Pros: Cute idea
Cons: Everything about it!

My friend found this in her journeys online and forwarded me the link because I love bird. She herself never downloaded it, and if she had, I'm sure she would have never sent it to me.

Bonzi Buddy is a fun little add on program to spice up...

Pros: Can yell at friends in a monkey voice!
Cons: Annoys you with suggested websites.

This is one of my favorite toys! And it's not because of what it's supposed to do. What this thing's supposed to do is help you with all your internet stuff, like checking e-mail, surfing webpages, and helping you find anything you want. But, what he...

Pros: Good for Kids Amusement
Cons: Tire of it easily

My friend one day told me about this little bird that you can download and have on your screen and it could talk and surf and do the works. I downloaded it, as I had before with plants that grow on your screen, etc. I put up with the bird for...

Pros: It is a fun program to play with for a day maybe two
Cons: Ads, ads, and more ads. (I HATE commercials!!)

Wow What could be cooler? It's a talking program that will tell me jokes, sing to me, and basically kill me with it's pattering about the next great upgrade that I can not have without paying $25.00 and up.
The first time I saw Bonzai Buddy it was...

Pros: Nicely animated
Cons: Takes up screen space, gets annoying VERY fast, full of advertisements, doesn't do much

You'll use this program for 20 minutes max. It's an annoying talking bird that doesn't help you much, and is full of advertisements to buy addons that talk and take up a bunch of space.

On the other hand, the animation and sound is nice, and...

Pros: cute for a while, has some neat little functions
Cons: kept "breaking down", and wouldn't go away!

I thought Bonzi Buddy was a really cute idea. I had heard about it for several months before someone sent me the link to download it and I decided, "Why not?"

I soon found out why not!

Bonzi buddy is a really cute parrot...

Pros: fun at first
Cons: annoying, can get costly

Bonzai buddy is one of the many desktop companions out there, basically a cartoon type character that moves about on your desktop, keeping you company and amusing you while you work or surf.

When i first found out about Bonzai Buddy, i thought...

Pros: Cute for the first few times you use him
Cons: Wants you to buy his add on packs

My sister downloaded Bonzi Buddy, and told me to download him too. He is so cute she says, he talks to you, tells you jokes, and sings you songs. So, of course I downloaded him, and he did all that, but he drove me nuts too! He talks non stop, and having...

Pros: funny
Cons: sometimes in the way, interrupts work, same jokes and facts over and over

Basically I like the bird but I don't like the frequent badgering to buy upgrades. During upgrades as well as the initial downloading of the bird itself I have had much trouble even though I monitored each download. Service is poor because everything...

Pros: the little purple guy is cute
Cons: annoying always popping up

Bonzi buddy,,,yes he is cute,,,talks to you , but he will drive you crazy.

I first downloaded Bonzi Buddy because I thought this would be neat. He will help you with your downloads, pick up where you left off should you get discconected.
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Pros: He's cute and purple,you can turn him off.
Cons: He wants you to spend all your money on his upgrades.

I get a call from my fiance` this morning,telling me to check my E-mail. He sent me information about Bonzi Buddy and a link to download it. The name rang a bell,and I remembered that I had downloaded it a long time ago,but I had deleted it from my...

Pros: Fascinating functions
Cons: May slow your PC down

I first downloaded this software over a year ago, because I was fascinated with a talking parrot, now I am not completely sure what it is. Aside from the fact that it takes a while to download it on a 56K modem, the software should be heavy because it...

Pros: Neat E-mail if only it worked
Cons: Too long to download, still doesn't work

I wrote an opinion about BonziBuddy a few weeks ago - I thought it was cute. I'm afraid I have to change my opinion. I still think he's cute, but he is gone. (Sigh!)

The thing I really loved about him was the E-mail. There were little...

Pros: Pretty green bird.
Cons: Can mess up programs on Computer.

A few months ago I downloaded the Bonzi Buddy.
It is a parrot and will fly all over the desk
top. The bird has a strange voice and aggravated
the hell out of me! I couldn't concentrate on
stuff I needed to accomplish on my...

Pros: None
Cons: annoying, hard to get rid of, slows your computer down

Okay, I admit it, I was biased from the beginning. My son had just bought a Parrakeet and he just didn't like me.(the Parrakeet, that is). The feeling was mutual, I assure you. Every time I looked into his cage, he would raise one wing and one leg,...

Pros: Free for the basic package
Cons: Very costy for the update from crude, to outright annoying

When I first had Bonzi Buddy he was a parrot. He was cute enough so we adopted him into our desktop home. He soon began his chant, "Would you like to check for an update?". This became tiresome after the 3rd or 4th time. We eventually decided we would...

Pros: cute and fun
Cons: advertisements are annoying

My mother sent me the link to Bonzi.com, and told me, you have to download this little parrot! He tells jokes, sings, and even calls you by name! Best of all, he is free! I thought it sounded pretty good, so I decided to try it out. Bonzi buddy is a...

Pros: At least it didn't poop on anything
Cons: It didn't come with a do-it-yourself hari-kari kit

I saw this cute little banner ad for this cute little cyber pet/friend who would keep me company and entertain me that I could download to my computer for free. Not only that, he would remind me of things I need to do and a host of other neat stuff. His...

Pros: Cute bird with corny jokes
Cons: Very annoying

Bonzi Buddy also known as Peedee is an extremely annoying bird. He is basically a cute little bird advertising himself to anyone who is stupid enough to download him.

At first he was very cute and I enjoyed listening to his corny jokes and...

Pros: easy to use, children love him, funny, enjoying
Cons: Trys to sell you things all the time

Bonzi is a new revolution of computers. He has everything you need to keep you going on the internet. I love him. Only problem is, he continues to try to sell things to you including, music, voice messaging, jokes, songs and so on. You continue to...

Pros: Free bird
Cons: expensive add-ons

Ok Ok ... he's cute, he tells horrible jokes, and if he isn't another in a long line of bait and switch I don't know what it. You know the drivel ...
Anyway ,Peedy , that's his name , is cute, and he was free...
however .. as a freeby his...

Pros: Helpful, Cute, Lots of information
Cons: Does wear on your nerves after a while.

I first installed this after a friend said it was a "must have" for fun and entertainment while browsing the web. So I downloaded it and at first it was really cute and funny and the bird actually had some interesting sites and trivia to share...