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Matthew T.

Matthew T.

Joined on 03/25/09

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Most Favorable Review

Small, affordable, reliable and fast

Intel 520 Series Cherryville 2.5" 60GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDSC2CW060A310
Intel 520 Series Cherryville 2.5" 60GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDSC2CW060A310

Pros: I bought this baby online for $60 which was a great deal. I did research before buying an SSD as to which was the most reliable make/model. That would be this one, according to the majority of internet opinions. So this drive is, statistically, the most reliable, and it is BLAZING fast. I havent used an ssd before this, but now that I have it I can see a massive difference in performance.

Cons: none.

Most Critical Review

Works fine, but not very strong

Rosewill RNX-EasyN1 Wireless-N 4.0 Dongle (1T1R) IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Up to 150Mbps Data Rates WPA/WPA2 (AES, 64,128-WEP with shared-key authentication) WPS PIN, PBC (Hardware WPS Button) QoS-WMM
Rosewill RNX-EasyN1 Wireless-N 4.0 Dongle (1T1R) IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Up to 150Mbps Data Rates WPA/WPA2 (AES, 64,128-WEP with shared-key authentication) WPS PIN, PBC (Hardware WPS Button) QoS-WMM

Pros: -picks up n -works fine -I only paid $10 on sale

Cons: -not very strong

Overall Review: my laptops built in card seems to be consistently stronger than the adapter signal wise, but for $10 I can't really complain. It is very seldomly stronger than my laptop's card. I would suggest this adapter to someone who wants an "n" adapter for cheap and doesn't need a very powerful receiver.

12/18/2009

No Major flaws....

Dell Venue 8 Pro Tablet PC – Intel Atom Z3740D (Quad Core) 2GB RAM 32GB SSD, Windows 8.1
Dell Venue 8 Pro Tablet PC – Intel Atom Z3740D (Quad Core) 2GB RAM 32GB SSD, Windows 8.1

Pros: Good design, feels solid and thin. Very good looking screen, the resolution isn't super high, (1200 x 800) but it has really good colors and you can't easily see the pixels. GAMING: This thing can play Left 4 Dead 2! and you can hook up an xbox controller via a micro usb to usb adapter. Battery life is very good. Touchscreen is very responsive, even with 4-5 touch points at once. I'm usually not a fan of Dell, but I have to hand it to them, this is one of the best made tablet's I've ever used.

Cons: Most of my complaints are with windows 8 itself and not the hardware of the dell venue 8 pro. Minor software bugs here and there, and windows 8 takes some getting used to. Using the normal windows desktop on this tablet is both great because it's the interface everyone is so used too, but it can also be a tad bit tedious because you are touching very small buttons.

Overall Review: Windows 8 takes some getting used to, but ultimately I really like it. You get the awesome bonus of working around problems you encounter with the metro UI. For example, the netflix app from the windows store started doing this really weird bug that made it mostly unusable. So i simply opened google chrome on the desktop and watched netflix there!

Awesome

ASUS Google Nexus 7 FHD (2013) Android Tablet -  2 GB RAM Quad-Core CPU 16 GB Flash (Wi-Fi Only)
ASUS Google Nexus 7 FHD (2013) Android Tablet - 2 GB RAM Quad-Core CPU 16 GB Flash (Wi-Fi Only)

Pros: Rooted, unlocked, running Cyanogenmod. This thing is fast and responsive and you can avoid the bugs of 4.3 almost entirely by using Cyanogenmod. The screen is simply mind blowing.

Cons: No microsd card, but you can simply get a usb micro to usb adapter and plug in an sd card or usb flash drive.

Overall Review: The battery is pretty good, it is fast and responsive, the screen is incredible and the cameras are pretty good as well. All this for $229? Who would ever pay for a $349 ipad mini?

Works!

Rosewill RC-402 - LAN Card 10 / 100 Mbps PCI 1 x RJ45
Rosewill RC-402 - LAN Card 10 / 100 Mbps PCI 1 x RJ45

Pros: Works! and its cheap!

Cons: No driver disc included, but you don't need one, it just works!

Works as advertised

3.5-Inch USB 2.0 HDD SATA Hard Disk Drive Enclosure Case
3.5-Inch USB 2.0 HDD SATA Hard Disk Drive Enclosure Case

Pros: Works. I kind of liked the sliding tabs that help guide the drive in/out.

Cons: The power cord is akward, the connector was hard to get in and I actually had to bend the pins slightly to correctly fit. It looks like a PS2 (old keyboard/mouse) connection, but i never had trouble with those. The a/c brick is like 3 inches from the connector that goes into the enclosure, so its kind of akward, but that's the only negative thing I can say about this product.

Overall Review: I don't know how speeds are, they seem normal so I'm assuming this is just as fast as any usb 2.0 enclosure.