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Kim F.

Kim F.

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Most Favorable Review

Good card reader.

AFT XM-35U BEIGE USB 2.0 3.5" Bay, CompactFlash/ SDHC/ SDXC/ microSD/ microSDXC/ miniSD/ miniSDHC/ MultiMediaCard/ Memory Stick/ xD-Picture Card. All-in-one Kiosk Card Reader and Writer
AFT XM-35U BEIGE USB 2.0 3.5" Bay, CompactFlash/ SDHC/ SDXC/ microSD/ microSDXC/ miniSD/ miniSDHC/ MultiMediaCard/ Memory Stick/ xD-Picture Card. All-in-one Kiosk Card Reader and Writer

Pros: This is a great card reader. Rugged built and everything actually fits as it should.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I've bought cheap card readers in the past and it is a waste of money. As a pro photog. I use this constantly all day every day and it is worth the price to get something that works.

12/22/2010
Most Critical Review

Don't bother.

Kingston SSDNow V100 2.5" 128GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SV100S2/128GZ
Kingston SSDNow V100 2.5" 128GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SV100S2/128GZ

Pros: Screaming fast.

Cons: Died after 2 months.

Overall Review: Ran great until it didn't run anymore. Get another brand. Now I'll see how good support is but in the meantime my computer just sits there.

Halfway there

Apple MC751LL/A - 2GB iPod Shuffle (4th Gen) BLUE
Apple MC751LL/A - 2GB iPod Shuffle (4th Gen) BLUE

Pros: A Fantastic piece of engineering marred by the Apple software.

Cons: Itunes is nothing less than a virus. Why would I need 6 programs taking up over 295MB on my hard drive just to transfer MP3's to this player? Because it's Apple, that's why. Pop ups, updates, downloads, and more, once Apple has their claws in you they don't like to allow you to have your PC back.

Overall Review: Apple hardware is usually fantastic and their software is usually trash and the Shuffle continues this trend. I avoid Apple like the plague it is but this came free with a monitor so I decided to deal with the Apple official virus know as Itunes. After just a couple of days I'm already wondering if it's really worth it. Maybe I'll just regift this little MP3 player to some kid who is a believer.

12/31/2010

Does the job.

Kingston SSDNow V Series SNV425-S2BD/128GB 2.5" Desktop Bundle 128GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Kingston SSDNow V Series SNV425-S2BD/128GB 2.5" Desktop Bundle 128GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Pros: Programs light off almost instantly. Noticeable difference to regular HDs.

Cons: Not 2 TB in size.

Overall Review: Using this as my C drive with a 2 TB striped RAID for data. Very fast.

12/22/2010

Good board.

BIOSTAR TA880GB+ AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
BIOSTAR TA880GB+ AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Good board. Plugged everything in and fired it up and lo and behold we have liftoff. This is a good basic econo board.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: The video is trash but you know that coming in to this board. I will add a good vid card when I have a couple hundred extra laying around. Meantime it works well as it should. No complaints. Running AMD 6 core, SSD C drive, 2TB striped RAID, 8GB ram, Win 7-64. It screams. Built this for vid editing and will double the ram and add an Adobe approved vid card in the future. Meantime it runs great.

12/22/2010

They work

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Desktop Memory Model F3-8500CL7D-8GBRL
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Desktop Memory Model F3-8500CL7D-8GBRL

Pros: Pop em in and they work.

Cons: It's not 16 GB.

Overall Review: When the ram just works then it's all good.

12/22/2010