Submission + - Confessions of a Computer Product Reviewer (reviewfantasy.com)
kathrin_eppinger writes: My office is not large: the attic room upstairs has an A-shaped sloping roof, which cannot be upright except in the middle of the room. Tables and shelves lined up a wall, and the center of the room was full of printers. The floor was filled with ink, this time with inkjet.
Fifteen ink nozzles and a huge ink tank, and all Styrofoam and plastic, as well as manuals, CDs and installation guides, ink cartridges and USB cables, and a large number of paper samples sent by Printers.
I am comparing printers for national consumer review publications. Last month, I compared the keyboard and mouse, which is not bad because they are smaller than printers. These 15 printers took over a corner of my home office and the living room below. If you are looking for genuine product reviews you should check Review Fantasy
However, this is my favorite task: I carefully installed each printer and passed a series of quality and print speed tests. I notice those who stand out and have extraordinary characteristics, and those who tremble like the subway. When the printer finally came in the box and FedExed returned to the manufacturer, I was sure I would recommend the best printer to the reader. We all use product reviews because we don't have time to test every product on the market. Still good knowledge, by the way. I can compare and modify printers, but I have no experience modifying puzzles or practice materials. In addition, the thought of a dozen treadmills piled up on my desk shuddered me. The review process went like this: After accepting the task of the editor of a magazine or newspaper to write a review, I contacted the company's press relations department and asked for a "review department." . (In the case of "rounding", that is, when multiple revisions are concentrated in the same article, the process is repeated several times.) The job of a public relations officer is to get the test unit into the hands of the correct examiner, but usually the higher the price of the product, the more complicated it is to get the test unit. For software, PR personnel may have to send a large number of products. For a computer, they can only have 5 inspection units, which must be analyzed carefully. For example, if you write an article for the Washington Post, getting a censorship department can't be easier. Authors of the (usually) Podunk Daily Press may run into more trouble. People often ask me if I can keep the product I checked: the answer is complicated. For computers, cameras, and other expensive items, PR personnel should always and often pick up items quickly. Reviewers have only one week to test the product and should make the most of it. Manufacturers do not require the return of economic items such as software and books; processing entry products will cost them more money than buying value products, and how will they use open copies of the software anyway? In most cases, the reviewer won't keep the item either: you don't need other image editing applications or hard drive optimization utilities at all, and you don't need a bad webcam. At my office and at critics' offices around the world, these items accumulate for months before being taken to a thrift store or sent to school. Although things aren't always ideal due to time constraints and other constraints, experts looking at products for computer magazines are on the sidelines. In my experience, they really want to find and recommend quality products and keep readers away from those who stink. Many products are in the middle, and the reviewer's job is to explain the advantages and disadvantages of the product without any untimely disappearance caused by being crushed under the inkjet printer tower.
Fifteen ink nozzles and a huge ink tank, and all Styrofoam and plastic, as well as manuals, CDs and installation guides, ink cartridges and USB cables, and a large number of paper samples sent by Printers.
I am comparing printers for national consumer review publications. Last month, I compared the keyboard and mouse, which is not bad because they are smaller than printers. These 15 printers took over a corner of my home office and the living room below. If you are looking for genuine product reviews you should check Review Fantasy
However, this is my favorite task: I carefully installed each printer and passed a series of quality and print speed tests. I notice those who stand out and have extraordinary characteristics, and those who tremble like the subway. When the printer finally came in the box and FedExed returned to the manufacturer, I was sure I would recommend the best printer to the reader. We all use product reviews because we don't have time to test every product on the market. Still good knowledge, by the way. I can compare and modify printers, but I have no experience modifying puzzles or practice materials. In addition, the thought of a dozen treadmills piled up on my desk shuddered me. The review process went like this: After accepting the task of the editor of a magazine or newspaper to write a review, I contacted the company's press relations department and asked for a "review department." . (In the case of "rounding", that is, when multiple revisions are concentrated in the same article, the process is repeated several times.) The job of a public relations officer is to get the test unit into the hands of the correct examiner, but usually the higher the price of the product, the more complicated it is to get the test unit. For software, PR personnel may have to send a large number of products. For a computer, they can only have 5 inspection units, which must be analyzed carefully. For example, if you write an article for the Washington Post, getting a censorship department can't be easier. Authors of the (usually) Podunk Daily Press may run into more trouble. People often ask me if I can keep the product I checked: the answer is complicated. For computers, cameras, and other expensive items, PR personnel should always and often pick up items quickly. Reviewers have only one week to test the product and should make the most of it. Manufacturers do not require the return of economic items such as software and books; processing entry products will cost them more money than buying value products, and how will they use open copies of the software anyway? In most cases, the reviewer won't keep the item either: you don't need other image editing applications or hard drive optimization utilities at all, and you don't need a bad webcam. At my office and at critics' offices around the world, these items accumulate for months before being taken to a thrift store or sent to school. Although things aren't always ideal due to time constraints and other constraints, experts looking at products for computer magazines are on the sidelines. In my experience, they really want to find and recommend quality products and keep readers away from those who stink. Many products are in the middle, and the reviewer's job is to explain the advantages and disadvantages of the product without any untimely disappearance caused by being crushed under the inkjet printer tower.
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