Joined on 11/05/05
Best. Mouse. Ever.
Pros: - Good weight - Comfort - Quality build feel - Amazing features - Customization
Cons: - Explaining the advantage of higher DPI to my wife didn't make her more attracted to me
Overall Review: I'm not going to bore you with a long-winded review. There are plenty of those out there. Here's the gist: 1) This mouse is as comfortable as putting your hand in a tub of warm rising bread dough. After Natalie Portman's hinder, there's nothing I'd rather be cupping in my hand than this mouse. 2) It feels expensive. From the satin coating to the heavy clicks of the buttons and wheel, this thing feels like it was made by something other than monkeys. Like people who knew what they were doing. 3) Software and features. It has them. And they don't suck. 4) Customization. If you build your own PC, you care about stupid stuff like how many colors you can make your mouse glow or whether or not the LED can pulse like a heart beat. Well, this one can and if you don't think that's cool then you can shove it. It's worth noting that I don't like light mice. You see, I'm a man. Men judge quality by how much something weighs. Because of that, I've always like wireless mice with a pair of big meaty AA's in them. However, this mouse, though lighter than my wireless, is still heavy enough to make me feel like a man while I blow up little kids and insult their mother's parenting skills. The cable for this mouse is also nice and thick and doesn't feel like it was made in a hut in the third world. Again, the designers clearly wanted you to think, "I paid $100 for something that's worth $100. How 'bout that." I've heard of one major issue with this mouse; because of the design and texture, it can be hard to lift. Unless you're into 4 ounce curls, that won't be a problem. You can adjust the lift distance to such a minimal height that you need only tilt the front off the mouse to reposition it. And with such a high DPI, you can move your pointer from your screen to one in Idaho without leaving your mouse pad. (If you live in Idaho, I am sorry. REALLY sorry...) Bottom line; if you buy this mouse and you're disappointed, you're probably an idiot.
Does What It's Supposed To
Pros: - Connects bluetooth devices to PCs that don't have bluetooth adapters in the MOBO
Cons: - Doesn't make those bluetooth devices worth connecting
Overall Review: I used this device so I could hook my Turtle Beach PX5 headset mic to my PC for game chat. The device worked like it is supposed to. Unfortunately, the PX5 sounds worse than my $12 Chinese-made mic I was trying to replace. So, I gave the dongle to my mom to hook up her bluetooth speakers to her micro-ATX. Works fine for her. A final note, I did hear some complaints that this seller shipped the item in a plain envelope. My package came securely wrapped in a shipping envelope and was shipped very quickly.
Great Mouse Pad
Pros: - My mouse moves across it without sticking or exploding - Neat design and color
Cons: - Didn't come with a Ferrari
Overall Review: I'm not really sure how good a mouse pad can be. It's a smooth surface that you move your mouse across. That's what this is. It only cost $10 with free shipping, so I couldn't pass it up. It's not really a pro or a con, but the description says the Aegis was the shield of Zeus. Actually, the Aegis was the shield/breastplate of Athena, daughter of Zeus. Not really a big deal, but if you're going to use mythology to name your product, at least do it right.
Good enough
Pros: - Brighter than the Sun - True orange color - Easy to install - Can add more to the end
Cons: - Kind of expensive for lights - Hot
Overall Review: If you want to bathe the entirety of your case in an orange glow brighter and hotter than the fires of Mordor, then this thing will work for you. It is actually orange (not amber) and it puts out enough light that planes will start trying to land in your yard. It is nice that it comes with the ability to string together multiple strips. If one isn't enough for you, perhaps because you have a black hole inside your computer which is consuming all your photons, you can always connect another one to the end. Handy. On the downside, it gets kind of hot, which is pretty much the last thing I want inside my case. It's kind of annoying to try to find a place to install it, but the sticky backing works well enough that if you can get more than half of it on a surface, it should stick. Finally, it's kind of expensive. $35 for a strip of lights is a lot when you're a bum like me. Still, given how well it works, it's probably worth it to many people. For $20, I'd give it 5 eggs.
Windows 7
Pros: - It's better than Windows 8
Cons: - It's Windows
Overall Review: If you aren't using a Mac (If you're not sure if you're using a Mac, check to see if your jeans say "skinny". If they don't, you're on a PC) and you want to use things like software or hardware, then you don't have much choice. Either you use Windows or you use something like Linux and brag to your friends that your PC is unhackable when they ask why you can never run any of the games they want to play. Windows is still the best option. But given the market, that's sort of like being the best of the venereal diseases.
Perfect for What I Needed
Pros: - Versatile - Quiet enough at lower speeds - Good cable length, with locking reel
Cons: - Noisy at high speed - Can't be controlled by thought
Overall Review: I bought this fan because the shelf above my AV reciever is not high enough to keep the unit cool. Since moving it was not an option, I needed something to circulate the air. Enter the mobile case fan. The first thing I liked about it was that it moved enough air to cool the receiver by itself. This was preferable to building a 3-fan block or something. This little guy does it all on his own. The second thing I liked about it was that it plugs into a USB port. This lets me power it on one of the 5 million USB ports on my TV that I don't use. Something I didn't think about when I bought it was how it would power on and off. Since my AV receiver comes on every time my TV does, I needed something that would do the same. Because this thing is powered off the TV, it only comes on when the TV is one (and, thus, the receiver) and shuts off when I turn off the TV. Honestly, for the price, I couldn't be happier with it.