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Christopher M.

Christopher M.

Joined on 05/07/01

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Most Favorable Review

Great with a bonus feature!

Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB USB 2.0 Ultra-Portable Hard Drive (Red)
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB USB 2.0 Ultra-Portable Hard Drive (Red)

Pros: Drive adapter is detachable and usable on other drives. This is perfect for emergencies when you need to hook up a different SATA drive. It's fast and quiet. Works great in my car for HUGE media storage.

Cons: Hidden Microsoft reserved parition made it unusable with my Ford SYNC system, and was difficult to remove, but that's more of a Windows thing than a problem with this specific drive.

Overall Review: I can't tell you how much I like the detachable SATA interface that can be used with other drives. That makes this drive for me!

10/29/2012
Most Critical Review

Updated software helps - but there are better choices

X-Rite ColorMunki Display
X-Rite ColorMunki Display

Pros: - Decent hardware. - Software is still clunky to use, but not nearly as bad as it used to be. - Memory leak gone. - Tech support did respond.

Cons: - Software is still really not that good. It works. It's better than it used to be, but it could use a lot of improvement. - Can be difficult to get the puck to attach properly to the screen.

Overall Review: I really wish my old Huey Pro hadn't died. That just worked great. Also, I will be taking another reviewer's advice and trying out the open source offerings. I would no longer recommend completely avoiding this product, but for this price you can do better.

UPDATED

Synology DS215j Diskless System Network Storage
Synology DS215j Diskless System Network Storage

Pros: - Huge feature set - Plenty of services and apps to add - Intuitive setup and configuration - Can do media transcoding

Cons: - Performance could be a bit better, but is perfectly fine for the price range

Overall Review: Second time's the charm. My new unit is working flawlessly and has uptime over 2 days now. Moving large files goes relatively quickly, but lots (1million) of small files (into an indexed folder) is a slow process.

Fast and stable

G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Laptop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-8GBSQ
G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Laptop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-8GBSQ

Pros: Stable. Fast. Compatible.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: This was purchased to upgrade the factory 8GB in my laptop (ThinkPad W520) to a full 16GB. It works great and hasn't given me any issues in 6+ months of continuous use.

Great inexpesive keyboard

Rosewill RIKB-11001 X-Slim Keyboard with Low Profile Chiclet Keycap Design- Retail
Rosewill RIKB-11001 X-Slim Keyboard with Low Profile Chiclet Keycap Design- Retail

Pros: This is a great budget keyboard. It has a good, crisp feel.The LEDs are bright and I had no compatibility issues in either Linux or Windows. As a bonus, it even works nicely on my iPad using the camera adapter's USB plug. (The iPad complains that it's not compatible, but it works fine.)

Cons: The placement of the three rows of keys above the arrow keys between the main keyboard and the numeric pad is non-standard. This takes some getting used to and has caused some typos due to my muscle memory wanting these keys to be one row higher.

Overall Review: This would be a 5-star keyboard if all of the keys were in the right place.

Fantastic!

OCZ RevoDrive 3 series PCI-E 480GB PCI-Express 2.0 x4 MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) RVD3-FHPX4-480G
OCZ RevoDrive 3 series PCI-E 480GB PCI-Express 2.0 x4 MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) RVD3-FHPX4-480G

Pros: Incredibly fast. Great bang for the buck. Huge capacity. If you know how to set it up, you'll be thrilled.

Cons: Can be difficult to set up. Mine require a BIOS upgrade on a fairly recent Gigabyte motherboard before it would get recognized as a boot device.

Overall Review: This product had a single 1-star rating when I bought it, so I was a little worried. I shouldn't have been. This isn't for beginners, though. It takes some effort and experimentation to get set up. B ut once it is set up, it's rock solid.