Joined on 03/30/04
Trundling along just fine.
Pros: No surprises. Quick & Accurate.
Cons: It only does what its supposed to .. doesn't write, tell jokes or glow in that special way.
Update :: black starting come off
Pros: As I may have stated in my earlier review, it types great, key spacing is wonderful, volume knob and status indicator LEDs are great too. ...but... see cons.
Cons: But, it appears that unlike my previous experience with Azio products, this keyboard is painted black and unpainted where the LED light shows through. The paint is beginning to come off, arrow keys, often used letter keys, the space bar is beginning to have light show through it now too.. I am very disappointed. I bought 3 of these and have another 2 or three that clients are using now from my recommendations. I'm unsure what action to take now on these and embarrassed to have had family and clients get them too.!
Overall Review: I will wait to see what response, if any, Azio may choose to make about this issue. Contacting Azio Jan 9 2016 since no response yet... Will follow-up later.
Lack of even youtube HD cert not to mention other streaming
Pros: It's fairly quick and has a good-looking display. The color is pleasing.
Cons: Speakers sound very tinny. For a media tablet you'd think the sound would have been a priority. What's been even more worrisome is that there has been 1 system update which did include a security update but that was it. It's now years behind on any update and not safe to use for anything important due to the poor security status. I really had continued to hold out hope of Chuwi catching back up and supporting it so I could entertain doing business with them again but, I've seen zero commitment from them in this regard unfortunately. And, that's a huge shame since they do produce some nice hardware.
Overall Review: I can't, in good conscious, recommend that anyone buy from Chuwi since security issues will crop up as soon as whatever update it may get right at the beginning becomes obsolete due to the continuing discovery of vulnerabilities in the device. Again, such a shame with decent hardware underneath.
Gets too hot to touch (in external, free-standing base) + followup
Pros: Nice capacity and quick transfers
Cons: I'm afraid to install it inside an enclosed system and have it for regular use since even doing nothing but being powered on, it gets too hot to touch. I can only imagine how all that heat would affect the rest of a system if it were in a system and being used.. even with good ventilation.
Overall Review: I'll probably purchase a different drive to use for home storage. I don't recall ever having a drive that got hot like this one.. Only being powered on and available for use but having not been written to in a couple of hours and I can't lift it from the external drive bay because it's just too hot... I wish I'd known about this before taking a chance on this one. Followup :: I never did use this due to it's extreme heat signature while simply On and doing Nothing. What a shame... It's now 2020 and I'm still decidedly unhappy about having made that purchase.
Smooth Upgrade Experience.!
Cons: I'd have preferred to omit the GeForce Experience but, as stated, it appears that's the only way to get the drivers installed with this chipset. It isn't getting in the way so, it's really alright.. and, will probably make it easier to keep them updated when otherwise I'd have to drop 'round and check/update them anyway.
Overall Review: Got this to bring a nice hp i7 quad core w/ ht off it's on-chip gpu and.. I'm really happy with the results. This card has just glided through anything I've thrown at it so far. I did start by pre-downloading the newest drivers from nvidia and the GeForce Experience software (appears to be required now).. installed it very easily. This system isn't for a gamer but, will be doing considerable calculations and multi-frame active, real time graphing. Anyway, really pleased with it's performance for purpose.!
Holds my 13.3" Tablet.!
Pros: I haven't even plugged it in, done the speakers or tried the remote even but, It holds my big tablet at just the right angle and is stable.! So, anything else above that is going to be icing for me. I'll update this later .. didn't get it from NE directly but via NE-Flash so won't show me as a verified owner here.
Cons: Don't have too high of expectations for the speakers.. just sayin'. But, as far as the actual Stand part, man is this nice.. and, if you keep it powered ...then you've got a usb port to charge from in the back of it which works out pretty nice.
Overall Review: I just had to hop on and verify that this holds a big tablet as well as it will any of the 10.1", iPad etc and I am pleased with it for that.!
The cables etc work great.
I was impressed with the packaging.. Normally, cables don't have durable, resealable storage pouches but, these do. I won't hesitate to purchase again. It was a welcome surprise in this world of so many not-so-great surprises.!
Like Butter
;-) Easy purchase at a great price. The limited-release thermostat shipped out quickly and arrived shortly after with no bumps or scrapes. All around, a very smooth experience.
Wonderfully dimmable LED chandelier bulbs
The color, presentation and delivery of function is just what I'd always been wanting from a dimmable LED candelabra bulb. I'm so glad that I ordered the extra box because the price, aesthetic and functionality are excellent.