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Thomas G.

Thomas G.

Joined on 07/30/04

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Most Favorable Review

I Also Had the Older Ergo

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000

Pros: Nice layout and palm rest. Comfortable to use for a long time.

Cons: As someone else stated, the shift key takes a little while to come back so I get two capital letters. Also, the space bar needs some force to push and makes a thunk noise. This means that all you hear is type, type, type, THUNK, type, THUNK. It is literally driving me crazy. Since it is beyond the return policy, and since I had to RMA it once already, I say you should try it before buying it.

Overall Review: More than ten bux spent to send it back to CA because it is relatively heavy and the spacebar is driving me crazy. I would not do this again if a friend had it and I tried it first.

10/25/2007
Most Critical Review

Like the Drive, but not the BSODs

HyperX 3K 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Stand-Alone Drive) SH103S3/120G
HyperX 3K 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Stand-Alone Drive) SH103S3/120G

Pros: Like other SSDs, very fast boot and load times.

Cons: I leave my computer running all the time. In the last 4 years of owning this laptop (E6500), I never got a BSOD. I've upgraded HDs up to 500GB. Installed this drive and computer boots MUCH faster, but it does randomly BSOD for no reason I can discern. It's done it around 10 times in a month. I put the old platter hd back and it has not blue-screened once since then. Full disclosure: I run WindowsXP SP3. This drive was imaged using Acronis True Image 13, a copy of the 500GB HD that works flawlessly. Hope this review helps anyone considering purchasing this item.

Nice Picture, Some Issues

StarTech.com USB2DVIE USB DVI VGA External Dual or Multi Monitor Video Adapter
StarTech.com USB2DVIE USB DVI VGA External Dual or Multi Monitor Video Adapter

Pros: Nice picture, ability to add second display to laptop.

Cons: System keeps locking up with no warning at all. I am running WinXP SP3 on a Dell E6500. I bought a HannsG 28" LCD as my primary (very nice, also bought at NewEgg) and an Acer 23" LCD as my secondary display. Everything looks great. I am running Excel, Word, FF 3.5 and FileZilla and Arachnophilia HTML editor. I move the browser window over to the secondary monitor to see website changes as I upload them. When I am using the browser, the screen locks up and the computer freezes, including the mouse cursor. I will try not having the browser on the secondary monitor (maybe JavaScript is the problem, as someone said Java makes this adapter flaky). I'll update this review if I get the freeze problem corrected. TomG.

10/28/2009

Like the Look, but...

APEX AL-B500E 500 W ATX12V Aluminum Power Supply
APEX AL-B500E 500 W ATX12V Aluminum Power Supply

Pros: Nice aluminum finish, quiet, nice LED fans.

Cons: Bought 6 units for gaiming PC's. Two of the six died on me.

Overall Review: Banging on the side caused the supplies to work temporarily. The shipping cost of the returned PC's more than made up for any profit we made.