Pros: Huge capacity.

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: # A great way to recycle a slighly older desktop into a great, cheap NAS server. (I have lots of Dell Optiplex desktops sitting doing nothing) # Commands to configure a RAID array on huge 4TB disks (I run CentOS 64bit) # I used a separate Linux OS disk already installed and # added 2x4TB disks as separate data store (no OS, not bootable) # 1) partition each 4TB disk nas1:root:/home/me> parted /dev/sdb (parted) mklabel gpt (parted) mkpart primary 1MiB 4TiB (parted) set 1 raid on (parted) q # 2) partition /dev/sdc the same way (your /dev/sdX dev names may be different, check dmesg) # 3) reboot machine # 4) verify partioning nas1:root:/home/me> parted /dev/sdb (and sdc) GNU Parted 2.1 Using /dev/sdb Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) p Model: ATA ST4000VN000-1H41 (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 4001GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 1049kB 4001GB 4001GB linux-swap(v1) primary raid (parted) q # 5) Create RAID 1 Mirror Array nas1:root:/home/me> mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --level=mirror --raid-devices=2 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 # 6) Wait for RAID Mirror to finish Synchronizing (about 6+ hours) nas1:root:/home/me> mdadm --detail /dev/md0 nas1:root:/home/me> cat /proc/mdstat # 7) Create ext4 File system with some tweaks # Since I'm storing huge files (Virtual Machine snapshots and copies) # I really don't expect millions of files or deep directories or any root # logging info, I disable su reserved space, and limit my inodes to 1M # (The default mkfs options will eat up a ton of the 4TB usually unneccessarily) nas1:root:/home/me> mkfs.ext4 -m0 -N 1000000 /dev/md0 # 8) Mount new fs and enjoy 3.7+TB usable RAID 1 space nas1:root:/home/me> mount /dev/md0 /bigdata

Pros: Looks nice

Cons: buggy

Overall Review: Known issues with dropping NFS SYN packets. Spent days trying to troubleshoot firewalls and other various components to figure out why NFS simple would not connect only to discover this switch was the problem! After that, I tried to upgrade firmware to 1.0.7.4 and it bricked the switch. Complete garbage.

Pros: Legit copy of Windows 8.1

Cons: No BitLocker support since it is NOT Pro or Enterprise. No Media Center.

Overall Review: Got it on sale for 79.00 which seemed like a good deal I guess.

Pros: Very fast. Win 7 laptop boots and is ready to go before I get my reading glasses on and first sip of coffee.

Cons: It's not free

Overall Review: If you still run a laptop or PC without at least an SSD boot disk you are living in the stone age. Picked up a refurbed D3LL Latitude with 16GB RAM and demoted slow spinner drive to secondary data drive with optional CD caddy disk tray and added this gem of an SSD. Disabled any paging files. Disabled any browser disk caches. Laptops are actually enjoyable to use now :-)

Pros: Works well. battery life.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Seems a little floppy on the ear and does not stick into the ear canal but that makes it a little more comfortable in my opinion.

Pros: Awesome

Cons: Makes phone a little thicker (almost twice as thick) and a little heavier. But still has a good hand feel.

Overall Review: Tried to read on calibrating but the seidio website said just to charge it for a couple extra hours. I just charged it overnight the first time. First day I talked my * off with bluetooth on and checked email and played games on and off all day. Came home with about 40% battery left. I am just now charging my phone after two days and it was down to about 30%. Totally worth the increased weight and size. I also bought an armband at malwart (in the workout section not the electronic section) and the phone does squeeze into the armband since it is light neoprene and stretches. Good for running and working out.