Got|Apex? MassWorks ID-75 Game Controller Review 07/18/2001

[Leon]

Please place your comments/questions here.

http://www.gotapex.com/reviews.php?rev=massworks/index.html

[attgig]

Seems like a really cool idea.........but....

cost is 300 bucks, contrary to the original article that claimed it would be less than 250....what happened there?

if the software sucks, dude....it makes lazy people like me not want to use it...

in something like counterstrike, i agree, taking my hand off the keyboard (and my eyes off the monitor) to switch weapons doesn't seem like a good idea...
(i'd rather just press '1', or '2'.....so on..)

for business, i could definitely see some use for it....it can make shortcuts easier...i suppose..

i think a 'programmable' keyboard (such as the rocketboard) would serve the same purpose, and be easier to use....

[cruelpupet]

looks like a good piece of hardware for an in car mp3 player

[coleslaw]

Darth, I noticed that a link to your review was posted on the high-and-mighty slashdot. Congrats! Also, it's funny to see people saying that they almost didn't click on the link because gotapex resembles the infamous goat sex link that trolls on slashdot tend to love. Maybe this is some good exposure for G|A.

[ChrisMG187]

Originally posted by cruelpupet
looks like a good piece of hardware for an in car mp3 player That's what I was about to suggest. It's also really cheap compared to other touchscreen LCD's.

[attgig]

that car mp3 idea is really good..
last semester, for a project class, we did some smart car thing and GM gave us a minivan and we put like $30000 of hardware into that thing...
about 1500-2000 was for a touch screen lcd screen...this thing would've been perfect...=(
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somebody reply to my post (http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=26781) !!!

[\/\/|ZarD]

Good Job Darth
You got GotApex? slashdotted.
This product looks pretty damn cool, but the usefulness might be a little overestimated. I think I´d only use it for my shortcuts or maybe other web orientated things. RTS might be a good use but I don´t play many of those (no time)
Well congratulations...

[attgig]

one of the posts on slashdot about the article...


Two things... (Score:5, Insightful)
by srvivn21 ([email protected]) on Wednesday July 18, @02:26PM EST (#5)
(User #410280 Info)
1) What the hell is up with that URL? gotapex.com? I nearly didn't click on it just for that...
2) The biggest problem with LCD touchpads (this one included) is the absolute lack of tactile feedback. To know which button you are about to press (and to make sure you only hit one) you have to look at the controler. That is time that you spend not looking at the action on the computer screen. Bad idea in a firefight.

The concept is cool though...


:angry:
We should all spam him for comment #1 :johnwoo2: and see if his hotmail account really has a spam filter :mad:


and another
http://gotapex.com ?? (Score:4, Funny)
by p3d0 on Wednesday July 18, @02:30PM EST (#14)
(User #42270 Info) http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~doylep

I almost didn't follow that link because it looked like a certain other URL that I'd rather not click on.
--
Patrick Doyle


and another


Scary name on the link.. (Score:2, Redundant)
by sid_vicious on Wednesday July 18, @03:23PM EST (#75)
(User #157798 Info)
Did anyone else have a momentary twinge when they ran the mouse over the link and noticed that the URL points to:
gotapex.com

For *just a second* I thought, "Wow, the trolls actually got a story posted with that ******x URL."

:)
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[Edited by att gig on 07-19-2001 at 01:48 PM]

[ironchef]

ahhh, ok, so that's what they were bitching about. i saw those posts about the URL too, and i was wondering what they were so leary of..

[coleslaw]

Dude, I already said that! If you would just read the rest of the thread.... sheesh!

[attgig]

oops sorry slaw...