Electronics : Brother MFC-9840cdw Color Laser Multi-Function Center with Wireless Interface and Duplex |
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Rating: - * Hands Down, the best multi-function printer for the Mac ... This printer/scanner/fax/copy machine is pretty darn awesome. It's sometimes tough to find things that work so well with the Mac, but the features built in and the software included is as good as it gets. I liked it so much, that I purchased a second one for a client of mine in my office as a gift. I wish the price was about $100 cheaper, but even for the current price it's worth it (just makes it hard to buy more then one). We're using it with several Mac computers, from iMac and laptops to MacPro towers, and we're running both OSX 10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard with no issues. We're just using it over the wired ethernet network and it acts as if each computer in the office had it locally attached. Great implementation. I have to say that this one printer has really made me a fan of Brother printers in general. Can you tell I like this printer? Rating: - * Great Product! ... Great all in one! We are using this in our office at the winery and this machine is working seamlessly! It's easy to install, copy, fax and even scan with. I would recommend this to anyone looking for an all in one laser printer. I wouldn't use it for heavy duty commercial use, but for an in home office or a small business office this machine definately is the cats meow! Rating: - * As good as my old Brother MFC-8840D ... I have used my old Brother MFC-8840D for 3 1/2 years with not an moment of trouble due to the machine itself. Reliable to the nth degree. I am an attorney in solo practice who absolutely depends on my printer for my professional existence. On my first day of use with this machine, I printed out perfect color reproductions of newspaper articles -- gorgeous! I didn't really think that color would make that big a difference, but it does. I got the new color printer so I can give my old one to my step-daughter who is also hanging up her shingle as a solo. I hope she'll have the same good luck that I did. Just like the new one, the old printer has the look and feel of a machine made by people who really care about reliability. I can't say enough good things about the Brother product. Rating: - * Best printer I ever had ... I just got the wireless set up on the printer yesterday. I've had many, many high-powered printers in the last twenty years but this is the best one I ever had. If you don't want it to go to sleep so fast, you can reset the amount of time for it to stay on. The print quality is superb, it's fast and I love it. Rating: - * Brother MFC 9840 CDW-disappointed with Color Printing and Color Copying ... I am very disappointed with color printing and color copying. There is no quality in color printing. I can see yellow or blue color on the background of the paper, and color combinations are also bad. As I am not a technical person, I usually use printer in default settings. In Default settings, it does not print colors properly. Also, does not copy properly in color. Dark colors look in blue. I have to go outside to do color printing or copying nd spend more money. I felt I have paid too much money for this printer as it lacks proper functioning. As far as the back & white, priting, Copying, scanning, anf other things are concernec, it does a great job. There may be some mechanical problem with the one I bought, and may not be the same with all other machines. Thank you. |

In the previous The Curse of the Black Pearl, Sparrow was killed--sent to Davy Jones' Locker. In the opening scenes, the viewer sees that death has not been kind to Sparrow--but that's not to say he hasn't found endless ways to amuse himself, cavorting with dozens of hallucinated versions of himself on the deck of the Black Pearl. But Sparrow is needed in this world, so a daring rescue brings him back. Keith Richards' much ballyhooed appearance as Jack's dad is little more than a cameo, though he does play a wistful guitar. But the action, as always, is more than satisfying, held together by Depp, who, outsmarting the far-better-armed British yet again, causes a bewigged commander to muse: "Do you think he plans it all out, or just makes it up as he goes along?" As far as fans are concerned, it matters not. --A.T. Hurley
On the DVD
Here's something you can't say about just any DVD extras: There appears to be more of Keith Richards in the outtakes, interviews, and other special features on the At World's End disc than in the actual film. For those scenes alone, this special edition is well worth the price. Richards looks as woozy and gamey as all the rumors suggested, and answers questions he's not asked, with Johnny Depp sitting next to him, almost acting as a translator. Richards offers pithy comments like, "Everything I do is original, you better believe," and smiles when other cast members call him "Two-Take Richards" for supposedly nailing his scenes.
The packed second disc also includes a terrific mini-doc on how the filmmakers created the famous maelstrom, in an enormous hanger in Palmdale, California, with the ships floating 30 feet off the ground. "Just moving the Black Pearl was an enormous undertaking," says producer Jerry Bruckheimer with serious understatement. Other cool extras include "Tale of the Many Jacks," deleted scenes with great commentary, "The World of Chow Yun-Fat," a bio of composer Hans Zimmer, features on the set designers, a look at the impressive Brethren Court, and some hilarious bloopers. "You can't curse in a Disney film," deadpans Depp when a costar blurts out something blue. "See? I told him." The extras are truly as much of a rollicking adventure as the film. --A.T. Hurley
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In the previous Dead Man's Chest, Sparrow was killed--sent to Davy Jones' Locker. In the opening scenes, the viewer sees that death has not been kind to Sparrow--but that's not to say he hasn't found endless ways to amuse himself, cavorting with dozens of hallucinated versions of himself on the deck of the Black Pearl. But Sparrow is needed in this world, so a daring rescue brings him back. Keith Richards' much ballyhooed appearance as Jack's dad is little more than a cameo, though he does play a wistful guitar. But the action, as always, is more than satisfying, held together by Depp, who, outsmarting the far-better-armed British yet again, causes a bewigged commander to muse: "Do you think he plans it all out, or just makes it up as he goes along?" As far as fans are concerned, it matters not. --A.T. Hurley

In the previous Dead Man's Chest, Sparrow was killed--sent to Davy Jones' Locker. In the opening scenes, the viewer sees that death has not been kind to Sparrow--but that's not to say he hasn't found endless ways to amuse himself, cavorting with dozens of hallucinated versions of himself on the deck of the Black Pearl. But Sparrow is needed in this world, so a daring rescue brings him back. Keith Richards' much ballyhooed appearance as Jack's dad is little more than a cameo, though he does play a wistful guitar. But the action, as always, is more than satisfying, held together by Depp, who, outsmarting the far-better-armed British yet again, causes a bewigged commander to muse: "Do you think he plans it all out, or just makes it up as he goes along?" As far as fans are concerned, it matters not. --A.T. Hurley


