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Brent O.

Brent O.

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Most Favorable Review

Works well

Thermaltake A2384 Noise Dampening Kit
Thermaltake A2384 Noise Dampening Kit

Pros: Low cost, easy to install, deadens noises from your case.

Cons: none

Overall Review: It sticks quite well, so make sure you know where you want it before you peel off the backing.

Great Value

lenovo IdeaPad K1 (130422U) Tablet - Black NVIDIA Tegra 2 1.00GHz 10.1" 1GB LPDDR2 Memory LPDDR2 600MHz 32GB Flash NVIDIA ULP GeForce
lenovo IdeaPad K1 (130422U) Tablet - Black NVIDIA Tegra 2 1.00GHz 10.1" 1GB LPDDR2 Memory LPDDR2 600MHz 32GB Flash NVIDIA ULP GeForce

Pros: Good specs - similar to the rest of the Android field Low price - at the $300 mark, this thing is a steal Solid performance - Apps run well

Cons: Needs several updates before it performs well Has numerous programs installed that you'll never use

Overall Review: It's a great deal for the money, and would reallly be worth it for even more money. A friend has another tablet, and I don't see any real functional differences between the to, even though his was $150 more, and only has 16GB of built iin storage. The important thing is to make sure you've got all the udpates installed. I also had some issues after uninstalling some of the bloatware, so I reset the tablet to factory settings, and just ignore the things I don't need. I use this to watch videos from files, YouTube, and NetFlix all without issues. The only things I can't do with this(I'm writing this review on my tablet) that I can do with a laptop is the more complex office/document work, and writing code. I suppose I could write code in text files, if I wanted to do it the hard way.

Excellent value

lenovo IdeaPad K1 (130422U) Tablet - Black NVIDIA Tegra 2 1.00GHz 10.1" 1GB LPDDR2 Memory LPDDR2 600MHz 32GB Flash NVIDIA ULP GeForce
lenovo IdeaPad K1 (130422U) Tablet - Black NVIDIA Tegra 2 1.00GHz 10.1" 1GB LPDDR2 Memory LPDDR2 600MHz 32GB Flash NVIDIA ULP GeForce

Pros: The same basic features as most of the better android tablets out there today, with the dual-core Tegra 2 and a gig of RAM, front and rear cameras, etc. It runs well, and the only times I've had a slow down is when I've left a ton of apps running in the background. This is easily remedied, since the app-switcher has a little red X on each app to quickly close it. Super handy addition to the standard UI, and something that my friend ASUS doesn't have.

Cons: So far I haven't had any issues I would call a 'con'. I know some people have had issues, and others have said that it just needs to be updated to solve those issues. I make it a habit to update new tech before I really do anything with it, so I can't say how it performed out of the box. I spent maybe 30 minutes setting up my accounts and doing a few updates, and it has performed well for me.

Overall Review: I can understand why they are sold out, there really isn't another tablet out there with this price/performance blend. I haven't checked around to see if other retailers have a similar price, but I'd easily pay another $100 for this and still call it a good deal.

12/19/2011

Works great

MOTOROLA T505 Bluetooth In-Car Speakerphone with Digital FM Transmitter
MOTOROLA T505 Bluetooth In-Car Speakerphone with Digital FM Transmitter

Pros: I had been pricing new car stereos after my CD player stopped working, but decided this was a better solution. Now I can listen to the music on my Palm anywhere with an FM tuner.

Cons: Just have to try a few frequencies to make sure there isn't a strong station on the air nearby.

Works for me

MSI K9VGM-V AM2 VIA K8M890 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI K9VGM-V AM2 VIA K8M890 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: I installed a 4600+ and 2GB of ram on this board and my system just flies now. Setup was simple with no undue tweaking of the bios or OS.

Cons: None really, see below.

Overall Review: I had some issues getting the built in NIC to work with my network so I install an old PCI that I had in the garage. After playing around for a while, however, it seems that the network may have been the real issue. I haven't hooked the on board NIC back up to test that theory, however.

Great for the money

XFX GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card PVT73GUGF3
XFX GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card PVT73GUGF3

Pros: Didn't cost much, works good. I even have a half-size NIC blocking part of the fan and it still stays cool enough to play EQ2 on max settings.

Cons: none so far