Pros: Easy to use fast! Only the first run takes hours; incremental updates afterwards are much quicker Works drive to drive perfectly, whether the target is external usb, external Esata, or internal Sata

Cons: Start up screen implies you can't use the software without an Acronis cloud account Acronis tries repeatedly to convince you to buy their cloud services

Overall Review: I got this to back up hard drives to hard drives. I have several computers that need backing up, so I bought the 3 license box for 79$, I considered this reasonable. The backing up was almost painless -- the software implies you cannot backup anything without an Acronis account. You can easily bypass the Acronis Cloud Login page, but it's not obvious where to click. I created the Acronis account, but I don't bother logging in when I back up the computer. The reason Acronis implies you must have a cloud account is that they want you to back up to their cloud services. They'll even give you a free month of it. But said cloud account is 149$ for 3 computers! It's unlimited data, yes, but I can't imagine how long it would take to throw 3 x 500G UP my cable network. I also can't imagine Comcast not flipping out with its datacap nonsense. Fortunately if you are just backing up drive to drive, you don't have to use an Acronis Cloud account to run the software - just skip the Cloud login step. You'll then be able to back up drive to drive like you want to do. The first backup takes about 4 hours to back up around 500G. But future backups will be incremental, only recording what has changed since the last backup. That takes only minutes. Be patient. It's worth the time spent. Another worry I had was how to restore a drive in the event of failure. This is simple. You boot to the Acronis DVD in the computer, and do a RESTORE operation. This let's you restore from the backup to the new drive. This again will take hours. But this is the least painful restore I've ever encountered. Overall I was delighted with my purchase. My only complaint is Acronis trying to sucker me into getting a Cloud subscription I don't want or need at more than double the original price on top of what I already paid. 79$ to back up 3 computers is fair. 79$ + 149$ more and having to upload for weeks, is not fair.

Pros: Good boot times after it learns what files are read most frequently

Cons: Terrible Life expectancy -- died within 6 months

Overall Review: I have no idea what to do with this thing. It simply died one day. I'm praying I can recover the code I've written the past few months. I expected the drive to last far longer than this, and I have NO plans to put another hybrid in until I'm sure Seagate has their quality back to normal again. And since I swapped the main computer drive to a hybrid, based on the 5 month success of this, I have to UNupgrade that machine as well, and soon. Hybrid should be simple and should last as long as a regular drive. It's not even coming close. I will go back to my WD drives; they at least function.

Pros: *Holds every song in my library

Cons: *going through 100G of songs looking for something takes time

Overall Review: Great little chip. Take your movies and your songs everywhere.

Pros: On sale, a great buy! Fast. Very good Graphics and FPS. Good ventilation on most laps. Red lit keyboard.

Cons: Tinny speakers built in. Can't breath if set on an ottoman

Overall Review: This is a great deal at 650$ or so. The keyboard is very good and the trackpad is borderline TOO sensitive. The graphics are as good and fast as my 1070 on my main rig and responsiveness is top notch. It is fine for any game you throw at it, though some titles will need to be dialed back a bit. The cpu doesn't seem to need much power and the machine runs cool until you are in a game that stresses everything. Win10 isn't my favorite OS, but it's servicable for a gaming rig. The 256G SSD is a bit small if you have lots of games, but an easily added Hard Drive will fix that for you for less than another hundred bucks. (NOTE: Do not fill the SSD over 200G and it'll last years and years. Always leave 10% of the SSD empty or it'll die early.) The only bad things are: sound and airflow. If you set the machine on furniture in front of you, the machine can't get air from beneath. Adding taller rubber feet will fix this and it's nto an issue while on the lap or if you're doing websurfing. But if you game on the ottoman, you'll have heating issues. And the speakers on the thing are pathetic, no two ways about it. But if you use headphones, it's not a problem. If you want a gaming laptop without paying 1800$ and you prefer playing with headsets anyway, this is a perfectly servicable machine. Unless you're creating, you don't need the i7.

Pros: quiet - running SL on ultimate settings, the only fan I heard was the preexisting cpu watercooler. powerful - got a 50% FPS boost on everything stepping up from the 970. price - Finally the 10s are priced for us mere nonBitcoin mortals can have them. 350$ is good. usable - this works fine on Win7, rather than trying to force me to win10 like the 200 series attempts to do.

Cons: Windows defaulted to VGA and put in drivers for the card. Which is confusing; I put in up to date drivers before removing the GTX970 and installing this.

Overall Review: The PCIe edge connector had a protective cover on it. It was a nice additional protection for delivery. The DVI and HDMI were instantly functional as soon as the drivers installed.

Pros: easily setup and installed

Cons: none

Overall Review: I was hesitant to go with this because I've never used GSkill before. I tend to go with parts I know and have used before. But the fears were unfounded. put them into the motherboard and told the Bios to setup with the XMP settings, and all the speeds and voltages were set. I've never had an upgrade go so fast and easy.