Joined on 05/08/07
Adata Impressed Me

Pros: Great speed and easy installation
Cons: None...?
Overall Review: This was my first SSD, purchased in 2012. First I used it on SATA II, and even with those limited speeds the performance increase was HUGE! So of course when I finally jumped to SATA III, the speeds had me blown away. 4 years later, still running strong.
Great low profile adapter

Pros: It just works. I can't comment on the range, but one room away from the router and through a wall I still have full wireless signal.
Cons: My only complaint is that I had to use the included driver CD on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. Haven't tried it on Windows 10 yet. Would have been nice for it to use a native Windows driver in case your machine does not have an optical drive. I went ahead and copied the drivers to a flash drive in case I ever ran into that situation. No biggie.
Overall Review: All in all, you can't go wrong with this adapter. It is the very cheapest one I could find, it's a well known and reputable brand, and it works great in my experience. I actually bought two of these at the time, but I have not used the second one yet. I expect it will perform the same as the first. Thanks TP-LINK! Side note: This is actually my first purchase of any TP-LINK product, but I will definitely be keeping them in mind for any further networking needs.
STILL BURNING...ALMOST 6 YEARS LATER

Pros: This drive has performed flawlessly in 3 different builds spanning almost 6 years. I bought the drive in Jan. 2008 for a Core2Duo build, and it is still my main optical drive now (Dec. 2013) in my i5 machine. If I could buy a second one now I would, but this particular model is no longer manufactured. So instead, I bought the 24X updated version of this same drive just a few days ago. Not to replace this one, but to add a second optical drive.
Cons: NONE WHATSOEVER except that I can't buy a second one today
Impressed to say the least!

Pros: Wow! Amazing speeds! Pretty much one of the fastest SATA SSD's you can buy. Installation was a breeze, Win7 automatically detected as an SSD and adjusted settings accordingly. Did I mention this thing is really fast? Speeds for me were exactly as advertised, which is rarely the case for most SSDs. Newegg shipping was reasonably fast as usual also.
Cons: Price? I feel like I got a good deal but I guess it would have been cooler if it was free? Or if they had accidentally sent me a larger capacity one by mistake? Seriously though, no real "Cons" I can think of.
Overall Review: This drive is one of the highest benchmarked consumer SATA SSDs, look under benchmarks-> hard drives on passmark dot com. This drive is practically at the top of the list not counting PCIe SSDs. I actually got even higher benchmarks than are shown on Passmark. Speeds for me were as good as they are advertised in the item specifications. 540 MB/s read, ~520 MB/s write. Can't ask for much more on SATA. Only problem is now the only way I will get faster speeds is to upgrade to a PCIe SSD, which is a lot more expensive. But this one will probably last me several years and will probably be the boot drive for my NEXT computer as well as my current one. But seriously, if you are trying to decide between this drive and another brand, I would get this one. This drive also comes in 120 GB, 500 GB, 750 GB, and 1 TB versions also, for a price of course. Wish I could have gotten the 500 GB one, but this one will do very well. It's worth noting, however, that the 120 GB version is a little bit slower than the 250, 500, 750, and 1 TB, which all have the same, faster speed. Here's the machine I have this in: i5-3570K @ 4.4 GHz 16GB G.Skill 2133 MHz DDR3 ASRock Extreme6 Z77 Motherboard EVGA GTX 670 FTW 2GB GPU Corsair H100i Water Cooler Samsung 840 EVO 250 GB (THIS ITEM) 320GB WD Blue HDD 1 TB WD Black HDD 2 TB WD Green HDD 4 TB WD My Book USB 3.0 ASUS 20X DVD-R/RW ASUS 24X DVD-R/RW ....all in a Corsair 400R Mid-Tower Case (recommended!)
Starcraft II...FINALLY

Pros: This game is great. After waiting for over a decade, the sequel to the much-beloved Starcraft finally arrived in 2010. If you liked the first Starcraft, or you are a fan of the RTS genre, you can't go wrong with this game. And the system requirements are not steep at all, for people with less than top-of-the-line systems. Blizzard did a great job on this game.
Cons: The only problem I really have with Starcraft II is there is NO LAN OPTION!!! So you can't play your friend who is on the same network, etc. I'm sure the reason behind this is to force everyone (even in the same house) to purchase their own copy of starcraft thus providing them with their own registered battle.net account in which to play Sarcraft II multiplayer. Honestly, though, the game is good enough to warrant buying two copies so that two people can play online, even if its the same household.
Overall Review: If your hesitant to buy this game--DON'T BE!!! Also, be on the lookout for the two standalone expansion to Starcraft II -- Heart of the Swarm, and Legacy of the Void, focusing on the Zerg, and Protoss, respectively.
GREAT PHONE

Pros: Very quick phone running Windows Mobile 6.5 Standard. Supports Micro SD cards up to 16GB. Includes data cable. Comes with a cool OEM holster/clip that secures phone nicely. Looks sweet with a glossy finish. Includes headphones. Great sound quality for calls.
Cons: Does not have a standard headphone jack, so you can only use the headphones included or aftermarket bluetooth wireless headphones. This is an INTERNATIONAL version of the phone, it will work in US, but I had to change some regional language settings as mine came ready for use in Portuguese. Not a big deal at all. Doesn;t come with the new Windows Phone 7 OS, which I knew when buying it, but the Windows 7 phones are also $600+.
Overall Review: Make sure to download Mobile Device Center for Windows Vista/7 if you are planning on syncing this phone with your computer. I could not get the included Software CD to run because it kept saying I had an outdated version of Adobe Flash, which was not the case, but after downloading MDC everything syncs like a charm. Overall, still a great deal. I would recommend this phone. The other reviewer that gave 1 star is obviously very technically deficient if he could not figure out how to make everything work.