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The Desktop Critic Secret Reviewer's Notebook (1996)

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Aug 13, 202511:49Technology

Original text by David Pogue, Macworld June 1996 . The database review mentioned in this article might be one of these two . Review of the hilariously terrible Brother HL-8 printer and two (yes, two ) attempts at Macinto...

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The Desktop Critic Secret Reviewer's Notebook (1996) is an episode from Mac Folklore Radio by Derek. Original text by David Pogue, Macworld June 1996 . The database review mentioned in this article might be one of these two . Review of the...

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Original text by David Pogue, Macworld June 1996 . The database review mentioned in this article might be one of these two . Review of the hilariously terrible Brother HL-8 printer and two (yes, two ) attempts at Macintosh drivers for the HL-8 . Review of the smoking hot Envisio Notebook Display Adapter (1992) . Audio version . “If you’ve worked for the company, can you write the review? No.” Pogue found himself in a similar conundrum. His review of Finale 1.0 included the disclaimer, “Since writing this review in September 1988, David Pogue has become a paid consultant for Coda Music Software.” One reader applauded Macworld for this disclosure but still argued it was a conflict of interest. Pogue stated, “My future reviews for Macworld will not include music software ,” though that was not to last very long. See his 1994/1995 reviews of AutoScore, Practica Musica, MOTU’s Performer, and Opcode Vision. I don’t recall and was unable to dig up any rebuttal ads targeting David Pogue. If anyone out there is in the know and feels like naming names, drop me a line and I’ll update this episode. David, are you reading this? :-)

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