Pros: Linux friendly! Compatible with Ubuntu version 8.10 and later out-of-the-box (possibly earlier versions as well). Printing is clear and brilliant. Paper tray is hidden and protected, and large enough for common home and student needs. Installs fairly easy in Windows XP.

Cons: As other reviewers have mentioned, there is some paper curl with this printer. When I first read about that, I imagined something terribly annoying, but in my experience with this printer it's really no big deal, since the curled paper thankfully tends to uncurl as it cools. Moreover, I have heard that most all non-professional laser printers suffer from this problem to some degree or another. So it's not like you're going to avoid the problem by getting a different model laser printer in the sub-$200 range.

Overall Review: Inkjet printers have always given me headaches. The ink cartridges have short life-spans and are expensive to replace (laser toner cartridges are expensive, too, but you don't have to replace them nearly as often!). All the inkjet printers I've owned have given me driver and installation frustrations, too. They all seem not to work consistently, freezing up and not communicating with the PC. Now, I've only ever bought HP printers, so maybe other brands are different. With this Brother laser printer, I've never had any problems at all!

Pros: Its stock speed is close to its top speed, so an overclocking board is not required to squeeze out extra MHz. It was a great buy when it first came out.

Cons: It's extremely slow compared to modern CPUs. Also, it doesn't include a heatsink/fan.

Overall Review: Now that we're going into October, 2006, Sempron 64 and Celeron D prices are too low to justify saving a few measly dollars on a Duron. Together with a heatsink/fan, this will put you back at least $xx, which is darn near Athlon 64 prices. The only possible situation where I would recommend buying this is if you had to replace a dead socket A CPU, and even then I'd caution against it in most cases. If you do choose to get it, though, Newegg's the way to go.

Pros: *price *no sharp edges that I could find (everything is nicely rolled) *comes with two fans, one in the front and one in back, with space for a third fan on the side *pretty small, even for a mATX mini tower

Cons: *there's only one USB 3 port, and it's located in a weird place on the side *the included fans are very weak The most serious con here is the cramped interior. After mounting the motherboard, it is impossible to mount a 3.5" hard disk. And I doubt I could fit a 5.25" drive either. Maybe a 2.5" drive would fit, but I'm just using an M.2 drive so luckily it doesn't matter to me.

Overall Review: Obviously, anyone who buys this case is buying it for the price. When you're on a budget build, every penny counts. If you want a nice case with spacious interior and sleek construction, you should definitely look elsewhere. Also, I should mention that I don't really know anything about cable management or airflow. So, I can't comment on those two things, except to say that it looks like it should be possible to get good airflow if you invest in third-party fans. That said, this case is almost perfect for certain needs (like mine). So, I have no complaints. If you just want something basic to house your components, this thing will do the trick nicely.

Pros: It blows air, and it plugs into the standard power sockets. Inexpensive.

Cons: It's weak. From the other reviewers you might get the impression that this is some kind of powerhouse, but it's not. It's just a weak case fan. I can barely feel the air flow. And it's a little loud considering how weak it is.

Overall Review: It's hard to see why anyone would want this fan. If you want something powerful to cool an overheating PC, then you should look elsewhere. If overheating isn't a problem, you will still probably want to look elsewhere for something quieter. For my own part, I wish I had spent more to get something more powerful. On the other hand, it works, so if all you need is a basic case fan that is neither powerful nor quiet, then this one is fine I guess.

Pros: Nice design, Rockbox friendly, standard mini USB port for charging/connecting.

Cons: It died after 10 months of normal usage. In fact I've owned four Sansa products and thee of them failed within about 1.5 years or less. (The fourth is a bit less than a year old, so I expect it will fail in another few months.)

Overall Review: It wouldn't be so bad if Sandisk offered a longer warranty, but they are very firm about the 1-year expiration. My Clip+ died after only about 10 months, but unfortunately I procrastinated and didn't contact Sansa until 14 months after purchase, at which time the warranty had expired. Well, I cannot fault them for not honoring a warranty they never agreed to. But I CAN fault them for selling shoddy products which need to be replaced every 1-1.5 years.

Pros: It has a nice-looking screen compared to my old Atom netbook from 2010. It works.

Cons: It is not linux friendly. My plan was to install lubuntu, but this turned out to be impossible since lubuntu does not support the new UEFI alternative to BIOS. So instead I am forced to install some other distro. I chose xubuntu 64. Or at least I TRIED to choose it. As the previous reviewer mentioned, the darned wifi drivers don't work correctly with the latest (13.04) version! Fortunately when I downgraded to 12.04.2 LTS the driver problem was resolved. (Note: do NOT attempt to use the proprietary/restricted drivers!) So to the above person, if you don't mind downgrading to xubuntu 12.04.2 LTS 64, that will solve your problem. I don't like the touchpad either, as it is awkward to use and interferes with my typing.

Overall Review: Overall I'm very disappointed. I wanted to go with an Atom netbook which would have MUCH better performance-per-watt, but I couldn't find anything with an Atom that looked good, so I chose this. I guess I should have looked harder, because from what I hear online, the Atom architecture is likely to be much more linux friendly. Strictly speaking there is nothing "wrong" with the netbook. If you plan to just use Windows 8 (good luck with that by the way) then I'm sure it would be fine. But if you're like me and you need linux, then please be aware that this netbook comes bundled with a free subscription to headaches and hair pulling.