Joined on 09/20/08
Terrific - like new
Pros: had plastic wrap over all the exposed areas no dirt or scratches anywhere for being refurbished hard to believe it wasn't new very fast start up Large hard drive lots of RAM excellent graphics (I tried Crysis 2 demo and it played it perfectly)
Cons: only 1 cd/dvd drive. I'm still deciding if I want to install a second one needs more usb ports needs a cover over the card readers
Overall Review: If you told me it was a refurbished pc I wouldn't believe it. I compared with other pc's and it seems to be priced pretty nicely. I wouldn't say it was a steal but I have not seen any pc with as many features for less. All pc's are cheaper now a days so if you are in the market get the best one you can afford. Years down the road you will be glad you did.
good laptop for the money
Pros: its fast for the money. Has a lot of features. Use it as a spare and kids computer. Works great to play Netflix and other streaming media.
Cons: does blue screen at times when in sleep mode. Not always but maybe 6 times in about the last year. Maybe some conflict between the drivers and hardware. I'm seeing other reviews say the same thing so I'd say the manufacturer may have some homework to do on this. For what we use the laptop for, its not a big deal for us. Hey, its Windows, and its a Windows PC.
Overall Review: I'd recommend it at $350.
Great Router - some suggestions
Pros: easy setup, fast, reliable, a lot of features, guest access, tools, monitoring, airprint (any printer), range is great, VOIP QOS. Use QOS rules for UDP ports 5060-5070, and 10000-30000 as highest for magicjack and it works like a charm!
Cons: turn QOS WMM off if you have very slow upload speeds. WMM puts video, audio, voip at a higher priority but some ISP (ie comcast) there is a problem with dropped packets causing slow speed and battery drain on devices (because of the retries). We use video (ie Netflix) and voip (MJ) and have NO PROBLEM (in fact great performance) with WMM off!
Overall Review: I stayed with the stock firmware. I love the secure guest access. Be sure and turn local network access off and enable wireless isolation. Users cannot get into your router or other devices (easily). Printing from iphone is NOW possible thanks to this routers airprint feature. And I can see how much bandwidth we are using at any time and on average.
nice for the money
Pros: very easy setup. wireless is great no problems at all.
Cons: expensive replacement ink. go refurbished or refill yourself. Has the tri color tank whereas newer printers have separate color tanks (more expensive yet cheaper per tank because you use up all of the colors). Seems flimsy but for $90 I can't complain.
Overall Review: don't force paper out if jammed. It will break delicate plastic components inside. Usually there is an opening or cover to correctly remove the jam
Great video card
Pros: Needed a video card for an aging AGP pc w onboard graphics. I was very pleased with the price and quality.
Cons: none
Overall Review: I'm a mild gamer and only the most current games are slow. If you set the display quality off of high for these games, you will still be able to play these games well.
Great Video Card
Pros: Easy setup. Cheap for what you get. I think it is very fast (mild gamer however).
Cons: none
Overall Review: I knew little about video cards a few weeks ago. I bought another card from newegg for our primary pc, then decided I wanted to utilize the pci express in my other computer. Well I'm tempted to switch now because this video card blows away the one in our main pc.