Pros: Three year, on-site warranty Very quiet (not HTPC silent, but fine for a quiet office / bedroom) Decent keyboard included (it's to be a server, but it's nice to have a good spare keyboard around anyway. Kinda mushy keys, but typing was fine) Dedicated function keys on keboard (like sleep) worked out of the box Quad-core 2 front-panel USB3 ports plus 2 USB2 ports Realtek network controller chip 7200 RPM hard disk Decent built quality

Cons: Not a powerhouse - it's for a business user doing office tasks, not gaming or video editing No HDMI out (but I knew that, and didn't need one) Cheap-feeling wired mouse (it's a server, so I could care less) Shared RAM for video (512M dedicated, but 1.5 GB shared w/Windoze by default)

Overall Review: Needed a small-ish, quiet desktop to act as a network server. Added a 2-port GB eithernet card, and put a Linux variant on it. Installed without issue and with all hardware working. Got it on a Shell Shocker deal - can't beat the price plus warranty. Before installing Linux, I did boot into Windows (Windows 7 pro was installed) and checked performance scores - from 4.9 (floating point & Aero) up to 5.9 (most everything else). Drove a 1080p monitor nicely. The built-in speaker actually makes decent noises for Windoze alerts etc. (I didn't try playing music). Skimpy documentation, but it did come with a guide to installing Windows 8.1 in 32 (count them, thirty two) different languages. The case and bezel are such that "upright" is the only supported configuration. If placed on its side, it sits propped up on the bezel (as it's bigger than the case itself). In addition, even when upright, there are two rubber feet in the front, but just bumps in the metal case toward the rear. If it's on a hard surface, it is easy to move with a light touch.

Pros: For the price, a nice monitor (esp. on shell-shocker pricing). Bright, good color calibration. Good horizontal color stability. I don't find the vertical viewing angle to be an issue, as other reviewers have noted. It's actually better than an LG IPS panel I have next to it.

Cons: Scrolling text on this monitor (black text on a white background) leaves odd "trails" of white as the text goes by. Didn't think much of it at first, but the more I use it the more it bugs me. Anyone else noticed this? It makes it hard to "read along" on a page while scrolling the text continuously. Doesn't seem overly noticable with video, though games might be another story. As others have noted, the stand is quite wobbly, thought that seems par for the course in this price range. It's also quite low compared to a few other monitors I have around, and has no height adjustment.

Overall Review: Can confirm this does NOT have VESA mounts on the back.

Pros: - Used to run VMware ESXi 6.5 - it is a certified supported server platform - Fast disks - Decent amount of memory included, obscene number of slots to add more

Cons: - One power supply was non-functional. Vendor shipped a replacement immediately, and now server is happy.

Overall Review: Bought some used rails for it, and it's humming away in our data center.

Pros: 7 full-speed, full-current USB3 ports Nice aluminium case, well constructed

Cons: Flakey as all get-out. Might or might not connect to host device. Might or might not connect downstream devices to host. Might or might not fry downstream devices. AC wart is fairly large.

Overall Review: I purchased two of these. One seemed to be just bad (would not connect to host, when it did it wouldn't stay connected, appeared to "shock" downstream devices somehow so they don't even work on other hubs). The other unit seems fairly stable ... once it gets connected. It is connected to my laptop, and more or less permanently plugged in to A/C. It didn't seem to work at first, like the other unit, but eventually got itself going and was fine. Undoing the USB cable didn't bother it when I'd take my laptop elsewhere. The other day, though, it got completely unplugged for a day or so. On re-connection, it just refused to connect / stay connected to devices - the blue lights would flash on applying A/C, but then go out immediately. I gave up after a few tries of connecting in different steps. Today, just for grins, I plugged the A/C back in then connected USB, and voila - it's working again.

Pros: Plug-n-play on Chrome OS. Able to saturate a 150M/s Internet connection, showed about 25MB/s transfers to and from a local server. Clearly running 1 GB/s.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: Bigger than the "default" picture makes it look - the cable is 4" long of the 6" overall length, and fairly stiff. Looks big attached to a Toshiba Chromebook2. Check out the additional pics for better representation. It did not get noticeably warm during my testing, but I didn't use it very much. Still, pretty small overall. Tossed it right in the travel bag for the Chromebook for use in a pinch when there's no WiFi available.

Pros: Easy setup - plug and play, software installed no problems (Win7 Pro) Many options for both input and output and for tweaking the setup via software Great sound with good headphones Sits out on the desk, so access is good - though headset wires project out the front. Not really a con, just that all cables aren't on one side of the device. Since they're on the front, they're easier to access - but see cons below for how this could have been avoided.

Cons: Sits out on the desk, so cables, cables everywhere. To be fair, if you're not using headphones, all cables are behind the unit. No separate switch for headphone/mic - plugging and unplugging is the only way to switch from speaker/mic to headset/boom Jack for headphones and mic are inset from the base, with a small gap between the edge of the base and the actual headphone jack. The 1/4 to 3.5mm adapter that came with my big Sennheiser cans will not fit. What good is a 600 ohm headphone amp if you can't plug in good headphones? Be aware that you may have to buy a cable-style adapter to plug in 1/4" phones to this device.

Overall Review: I purchased this in hopes that I could use it for conference calls (I'm on them for many hours a day). The built-in mic array seems to do an OK job, once I got the volume set up. No complaint there - no feedback at all from the speakers plugged in to the back of the unit. So that's good. However, switching to headphones with a boom mic is possible only by physically plugging them in. I have a separate Plantronics switch that I had hoped to retire, but ended up having it constantly plugged in to the headphone jack - now, as before, it does the switching between speakers & headphones, rather than this unit by itself. It also has widely spaced jacks without any interfering frame, meaning my high-end headphones can plug in directly to it. The downside is that now I have *two* devices on my desk for audio, and I *still* have to plug the mic cable into Ito the Omni to switch to the headphone boom. It would be so much nicer to have a rocker switch on top of the Omni to change inputs, instead of fumbling with cables. That's OK for an occasional switch, but a drag when you do it a dozen times a day.

Server arrived with a failed power supply. A new one was promptly shipped. Packing is good, too - which was fortuitous, since FedEx put a really big crease in the center of the box (looks like it was dropped on a truck or dock edge). Server survived without incident.