My Grape Mistake
Written: Jul 29 '01
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Pros: Cute character
Cons: nearly lost my PC because of it
The Bottom Line: I recommend that unless you want to punish your computer - forget this .
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| sweetycaroline's Full Review: Bonzi Buddy |
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 mistake .
This review will not be very helpful in information on what the buddy can do because I was not able to use it long before it crashed my computer . What will make this review very helpful is to inform the user that at least the free download version is bugged . I do not know if you buy the software if it will crash your PC or not .
What The Character Looks Like
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This will be ever so easy to get the facts right on . This purple gorilla will be in all my PC nightmares from here out . He is really very adorable . He is cartoon in appearance and appears 3-D on your screen . I must admit I was charmed by his antics to plea for my attention . He swang to and fro on a jungle vine with smaller and larger effects to make him look like he was getting further or closer . He would whip out dark sunshades to look cool . Oh he was the most two faced dear ! Had he not given me the scare of my computer life , I would have fondly allowed him to tag all my web pages ..... forever . ( sniff , sniff )
What He Does
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Ruin your computer ! Oh wait , I think I have said that already . Ok , in the very few hours I spent with my stab you in the back friend , this is what I know . He tells jokes . Cheesy ones like - Why are fish so smart ? Because they are always in a school ! Then he will laugh or wink about his joke . You personalize him with your name so when he speaks to you he calls you by name . He tells interesting facts . These were really interesting . He did a good job there . You make him better suited to you by adjusting how much he talks and so forth . He can also sing one song . You can pay for the Gold membership that is $9.99 a month or $89 a year to make him learn more things . You can even talk to him and he responds . Regularly , he can e-mail for you with his expressions sent in it . With the Gold you make him read your mail to you . His speech is a bit slurred though and his singing is out of tune . What more can you expect from a robot I ask? He also does searches . The more I used him the more he was supposed to learn .
Odds and Ends
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The Bonzi's homepage was on Lycos . I do not know if Lycos is usually associated with it or not . They gave me my lethal version though . The down load time took nearly two hours . I think this was short because at first it was showing an estimated wait of 7 hours . I got to play with mine all of 20 minutes before my computer started freezing and overall acting crazy . The computer was literally screaming and every time I tried to get on the net it was saying I was performing an illegal option . So , it looks like my new purple friend was an ex con at some point and now the FBI is looking for him .
In Closing
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Unless you are a computer expert or can afford to have your PC looked at . Avoid him . There has to be a version that works for anyone to have liked this . Read some other opinions here before getting it and find where the people that are happy got their's . He was after all - very cute .....
Thanks for reading - sweetycaroline
Recommended:
No
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