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Hern C.

Hern C.

Joined on 07/11/05

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Most Favorable Review

Nice system with a SSD

Acer Laptop Aspire AMD A6-3420M 4GB Memory 750GB HDD 17.3" Windows 7 Home Premium AS7560-7183
Acer Laptop Aspire AMD A6-3420M 4GB Memory 750GB HDD 17.3" Windows 7 Home Premium AS7560-7183

Pros: The laptop has a second hard drive bay with SATA III connector. However, to install a SSD, I had to remove the SSD from the enclosure and remove plastic grid from the drive cover. With two drives, it is easy to install Windows 7 and 8 independently just by controlling boot sequence.

Cons: Why make it difficult to install a second drive.

Overall Review: I am giving it 5 stars to offset the arbitraty 1 star from the previous reviewer.

Most Critical Review

Not ReadyBoost compatible

Patriot LX Series 8GB Class 10 Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card Model PSF8GSDHC10
Patriot LX Series 8GB Class 10 Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card Model PSF8GSDHC10

Pros: Low cost

Cons: Does not have the required characteristics to be used for ReadyBoost on my HP G62 (Win7 x64) laptop. My old 8GB Patriot Class 6 card worked just fine for that purpose.

Overall Review: I also tried to format the SDHC card as NTFS with the same failure. Well, I just have to use it for something else.

12/31/2010

The cheapest I can find and just works

ORICO Tool Free 2.5 inch USB 3.0 SATA External Hard Drive Enclosure for 2.5" SATA HDD and SSD Support UASP and  6TB Drive Max -Black
ORICO Tool Free 2.5 inch USB 3.0 SATA External Hard Drive Enclosure for 2.5" SATA HDD and SSD Support UASP and 6TB Drive Max -Black

Pros: Tool less and just works

Cons: none

Overall Review: Don't know what was the problem with a lot users here. The review at other site seems to be fine. I was afraid that 7200 rpm hard drive may require too much power but it works just fine. No problem encountered copying ~400gb data.

10/27/2016

Could be a very good laptop

Asus Zenbook UX31 13.3" Ultrabook with Intel Corei5-2467M 1.60Ghz, 4GB DDR3 Memory, 128GB SSD, Bluetooth 4.0, Bang & Olufsen Premium Sound, Mini HDMI Out, Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
Asus Zenbook UX31 13.3" Ultrabook with Intel Corei5-2467M 1.60Ghz, 4GB DDR3 Memory, 128GB SSD, Bluetooth 4.0, Bang & Olufsen Premium Sound, Mini HDMI Out, Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit

Pros: 1600x900 resolution Ultraportable Pretty

Cons: Need to get right drivers Cold be hardware problem

Overall Review: The first one I got, I got several blue screen of death just doing web browsing and other trivial tasks. Thanks to Newegg, the unit was exchanged quickly. The second one does not have hardware problem but the drivers for touchpad, usb3, and wireless are poor. Got the first two drivers from Asus web site and the wireless one through the manufacture web site. After all these trouble, I end up with a very nice ultraportable laptop with 1600x900 screen.

Very inexpensive way to upgrade memory

Patriot Signature 4GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Laptop Memory Model PSD34G13332S
Patriot Signature 4GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Laptop Memory Model PSD34G13332S

Pros: Double my HP G62 memory from (1+2)GB to (4+2)GB in two minutes.

Cons: None

12/31/2010

Battery drain when the unit is off

PHAROS 3.5" Portable GPS Navigation System
PHAROS 3.5" Portable GPS Navigation System

Pros: The main Pro is the price. Like MIO C310, the GPS can be hacked to run other navigation software. The battery last for 4+ hours when fully charged.

Cons: The battery drain completely in a week unused when it was new (and a lot shorter a few months later or in the winter). The GPS is somewhat sluggish (slower CPU and slower signal pickup than MIO C310) The GPS is quite bulky.

12/11/2007