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Ian B.

Ian B.

Joined on 04/21/04

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Most Favorable Review

Best business ultrabook out there right now

ThinkPad YOGA 2-in-1 Ultrabook -  Intel Core i7 4500U (1.80GHz) 8GB RAM 256GB SSD 12.5" Full HD Touchscreen Windows 8.1 (20CD0033US)
ThinkPad YOGA 2-in-1 Ultrabook - Intel Core i7 4500U (1.80GHz) 8GB RAM 256GB SSD 12.5" Full HD Touchscreen Windows 8.1 (20CD0033US)

Pros: Excellent build quality, fantastic keyboard, sound, screen, versatility, size

Cons: Clickpad makes using the trackpoint harder than it should be, no mobile broadband option

Overall Review: Overall, I am in love with this machine. I regularly use it in tent mode, sometimes in tablet, and often in laptop. It's well designed, solidly built, and has a fantastic screen and high performance. I don't really know what to say to reviewers complaining about lack of a stylus, except, LENOVO HAS A MODEL WITH A STYLUS, this just isn't it. I really don't think it's fair to ding the product because you don't know what you are buying. Sure, I'd like slightly better battery life, separate buttons for the trackpoint, and a mobile broadband option... but this really is an amazing PC

Most Critical Review

A compromised device with an infuriating compatible drive policy

WD Sentinel DX4000 4TB (2x2TB) Small Business Storage Server NAS  WDBLGT0040KBK-NESN
WD Sentinel DX4000 4TB (2x2TB) Small Business Storage Server NAS WDBLGT0040KBK-NESN

Pros: Well, it works. Rebuilds RAID arrays quickly after a drive failure/replacement. Runs Windows, so can run Windows software on top of the device, which is kind of great (I am running Crashplan and specialized remote access software on mine).

Cons: There is one huge, fatal flaw in this product. It will only work with a very select set of specialty HDDs! You would think that a Western Digital NAS would work with Western Digital's NAS drives (RED line) at the very least. Unfortunately, no, you have to try to find these strange supported drives, which sell for more than 3x the price. Stay away from this and all WD NAS products. I love my Synology (which doesn't complain about the drives I put in it), and would send anyone that way. This one was, unfortunately, a mistake.

11/29/2013

Great - but unfinished

NETGEAR WNR854T Wireless Router Gigabit Edition IEEE802.11n draft specification IEEE802.11g, IEEE 802.11b
NETGEAR WNR854T Wireless Router Gigabit Edition IEEE802.11n draft specification IEEE802.11g, IEEE 802.11b

Pros: Blazingly fast with long-distance coverage; all the expected features of a high-end router; gigabit ethernet switch

Cons: The firmware is unfinished and has serious problems (see warnings on Netgear website); hopefully this will be solved soon.