Joined on 06/18/03
Updating Firmware

Pros: It's good!!
Cons: Cons shouldn't be a required field :)
Overall Review: If you're having trouble updating the firmware using Kingston's "Field Updater" Utility, you may be experiencing a conflict with Intel Rapid Storage Technology Software or the Intel AHCI driver. The utility would not recognize the drive with firmware revision 501 (501ABBF0.) Once I uninstalled Intel Rapid Storage Technology Software (which also uninstalled the Intel AHCI driver) and rebooted, the Kingston Field Updater Utility recognized the drive and successfully updated the firmware to revision 503 (503ABBF0.) After this update, the Kingston Field Updater utility will recognize the drive with or without the Intel RST software and Intel AHCI driver. There must be some incompatibility with revision 501.
CL8 @ 1333mhz is no longer the default.

Pros: Good quality. Cheap.
Cons: Spec change without model number change?
Overall Review: I bought two pairs of these a few months ago. Was surprised to find they ran at 8-8-8-24 @ 1333mhz by default on my Dell systems which don't allow you to alter the memory timings. Bought another pair last week, but this one runs at 9-9-9-24. Exact same listing, exact same model number (I double-checked.) CPU-Z identifies the faster and slower modules with the exact same model number, except slower ones say "Max Bandwidth: PC3-12800," and the faster ones say "PC3-12800H." I tried this in two systems with the same results. Both with and without other pairs present. Based on other reviews, if you're able to manually change your memory timings, it seems like this pair will work for you. If you're not able, and you're running a motherboard that supports a maximum 1333mhz memory clock, don't count on these running at CL8 by default anymore. You're just as well buying the 1333mhz CL9 version, which is cheaper.
Granular denominations are key

Pros: Currently the only way to gift a Windows Store content purchase.
Cons: -Newegg inexplicably limits 1 per customer for most denominations. -Many denominations available, but an open system to specify any denomination would be better.
Overall Review: I wanted to buy an activation of the Plex Universal Windows Platform app from the Windows Store for a friend. I was glad to see I could buy a $6 gift code to cover the $4.99 + tax activation fee.
Not fast, but great for the price!

Pros: Large capacity for low price. Sequential reads are very fast.
Cons: Sequential writes are pretty slow, between 20-30MB/s depending on method of transfer. Even if you're working with mostly large files, it can take well over an hour to fill.
Overall Review: This would be a great option if you're looking to simply fill a phone's micro sd card slot with your music collection. As long as your collection isn't over 128GB... write once (about two hours) and then you're set! Read speeds are very fast. The card is exFAT formatted by default, like most 64GB+ cards. Use a free tool like GUIFormat for a high-capacity FAT32 format to ensure compatibility in an Android device. This will however restrict your filesizes to 4GB each, or less.
B-Stock

Pros: No functional problems discovered yet. Seems like a quality product.
Cons: These came with purple colored earbuds which are meant to come with the Roku 2, not the in-ear headphones pictured, which are rightly meant to come with the Roku 3.
Overall Review: Gotta love a product that comes with a sticker on the bottom with a hand-written note which reads "B-STOCK."
Windows Updates cripple a wonderful device.

Pros: Baytrail Z3740D x86/x64 processor gives the battery life of ARM, but with full Windows legacy compatibility.
Cons: -Default setting of "Download and install Windows Updates automatically" will cripple this device upon first reboot. -Windows 8.1 version is 32-bit, despite Baytrail processor supporting 64-bit.
Overall Review: Everyone who reviews that this tablet stopped working within a week is the unfortunate victim of three Windows Updates negatively impact this device. KB2887595 and KB2903939 are two monthly rollup updates which disable your WiFi. There is no way to re-enable your WiFi without uninstalling these updates. KB2883200 affects standby, wake, power on. It seems that some people are not reporting this issue, so it may be an early-revision hardware flaw affecting some units only. I've done extensive testing on this, and mine is definitely affected, and there's currently no driver or firmware update that fixes it. The good news is that desktop Control Panel version of Windows Update will allow you to uninstall these updates (click Installed Updates in lower left corner,) hide them (tap and hold each selection when viewing them as an update available to be installed,) and restore them if need be (Restore hidden updates.) This is obviously not an ideal solution, since these monthly rollup updates contain additional fixes for Windows 8.1. Until Microsoft patches the patch, this device isn't ready for prime time, although it's still manageable to the tech set.