Joined on 02/12/05
Workhorse with oomph
Pros: Runs surprisingly cool. Noticeable performance boost over my 3800.
Cons: None...love it.
Overall Review: AMD or Intel? I'm just glad they both exist. Competition has given us two excellent product lines.
Refurbished drive
Pros: It is what it is, an external hard drive, and plenty inexpensive. I find it quiet, and cool. No issues here.I'm sure a lot depends on what drive you get inside.
Cons: Mine contains a 160GB 1.5Gb/s Maxtor refurbished drive. I believe the manufacturer should state this, just as it should when selling bare drives. I seen another review stating the same, and had to get one myself (open and void the warranty) to find out. Yep...refurbished.
Overall Review: A buyer can only make an informed decision when he knows all the facts. Whether to purchase a new or refurbished drive is important information and shouldn't be omitted. Caveat emptor on this one gang...
Just what the Doc ordered.
Pros: Windows 7 pro, good CPU speed. Feature rich. Very impressed with Antonline. They messaged often to make certain I was happy with it. I can't judge support, as I had no problems.
Cons: Of course, a bit light on RAM, but this is to be taken into consideration at this price. You should add RAM, but its inexpensive.
Overall Review: At this price, with Windows 7 Pro, its super. Just ask yourself, would you buy one for a hundred dollars more if it had 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD? That's about what it would cost to upgrade it, and you'd have a very strong performer. Did I mention Win 7 Pro?
This is a serious musicians card
Pros: High end recording specifications, 96Khz/24bit and near zero latency using ASIO drivers. Incredible soft-synth performance. I use Sonar, and not a blip or stutter from this thing even at low latency settings.
Cons: The "Con's" on me. I should've bought one sooner.
Overall Review: If you want to, or will be using your computer as a recording studio (and can't afford one of the "big boy" cards)...get this. I got less than 5ms latency with this card, and you can't hear any delay triggering soft-synths. Between the pristine audio clarity, and the low latency, you can finally toss out all those old keyboards and let your computer produce everything from a Grand Piano to a Mellotron (yes, in sync in real time!)
So far so good
Pros: Quiet, and I like the way Seagate stands behind their drives. This is a huge selling point (are you listening, "other guys"?).
Cons: I have none to report. I'm a little worried about some of the reviews, and I don't care for the new "thin" design either after a bout with a bad run of 'M' drives that were thin. We'll see.
Overall Review: I'd like to see more companies extend their warranties. Show me you believe in you product. Heck, I probably wouldn't bother to RMA one, but still it's nice to know I could.
Big screen, little money
Pros: Screen size and price for sure. It's priced comparable to many 19" monitors, and it's a huge upgrade for video recording enthusiasts.
Cons: Eh...minor stuff like the stand. Not much adjustment. It didn't seem real bright in an office, but it was tweakable. Nothing that would stop me from getting another.
Overall Review: Really, you can't touch a screen of this size for the money. If your thinking of doing non-linear video editing, finally there's a screen where you can actually work comfortably in Premiere and other editors. And what a nice touch with the HDMI input.
Perfect GenPurpose Laptop
Added 2GB of RAM, and an SSD and it became the perfect general purpose business laptop...and quite fast to boot (pun intended). With Win 7, yay! I wish I could afford to have 10 around for clients as they needed them. Grab this deal while you can.