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Loafmeister:

--- Quote from: RandyT on October 16, 2009, 09:19:50 pm ---
Anyone want to hear my impressions of this thing, or am I going to be accused of being a jerk?



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That seems to be a loaded question :).  Assuming you have any issues, if you bring them up and say "what can be done to fix this?", how can anyone take that as being a jerk?

Neverending Project:

--- Quote from: RandyT on October 16, 2009, 09:19:50 pm ---Anyone want to hear my impressions of this thing, or am I going to be accused of being a jerk?

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You're wife thinks you're a jerk, and you still give her your opinions, right?  ;)

For the record, I am KIDDING! I know I don't you well... I am just joking on a comment you made a while ago. You can't always trust that the sarcasm font is rendered on everyone's computer.

smalltownguy:

--- Quote from: RandyT on October 16, 2009, 09:19:50 pm ---
Anyone want to hear my impressions of this thing, or am I going to be accused of being a jerk?



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Unlike some other predisposed mindsets, I for one would like to hear your impressions, Randy. It would be nice to hear from another enthusiast. I don't care if you sell stuff. I want to hear what you think.

TPB:


--- Quote from: TheShanMan on October 14, 2009, 12:51:20 pm ---
I think it would be better to take up that discussion with him via PM.


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If you're conducting a Beta testing program, then sure, keep the communication confidential and discreet.

But that's not the case here.  Andy is not seeking Beta testers.

The AimTrak is on sale to the general public.  As such, it's open to scrutiny.  People are making purchase decisions about whether they part with their hard-earned cash.  They deserve to know the truth about the AimTrak, warts and all.

When problems were found with the LCD TopGun (the distance problem, and the lack of MAME drivers when initially released), no-one curtailed their criticism, despite the TopGun also being a 1.0 product at the time.  And that's fair enough.  It was on sale to the general public, so it was open to scrutiny.

The same principle applies here.

Of course, Ultimarc have an impeccable reputation for excellence, so there's little doubt the problems will be ironed out by Andy over the course of time, whether through firmware updates or the next version of the product.

In the meantime, the version that's currently on sale, is open to scrutiny.

Andy wouldn't want it any other way.  I'm sure he's happy to accept feedback presented in a constructive manner.  I doubt he'd expect to be afforded "special treatment" in any way.

Loafmeister:
Hmmm, I'm going to have to read up on this.  With the configuration applet, I noticed sometimes the device id keeps rotating through each of the device numbers, like it's confused, one can also see the green bar flip to red, than to green, etc.  This has happened with both guns, both were not plugged in at the same time too.

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