Joined on 01/07/07
They are cutting corners
Pros: Nice, clean, compact OS that to me is much better than Wi8
Cons: I owe an apology to those who spoke of the small print. I've installed many OEM versions of Win 7 U and didn't realize they had changed the packaging and labeling. It comes in an envelope with a small label. The new labels are much smaller and very difficult to read. It's small, imprecise print on a difficult background. A magnifying glass, a good light, and a bit of guessing is needed to read the KEY. Has the bugs typical for validation. Most validate quickly, but occasionally there is one that just isn't logical. After using it on a computer for two years, it came up with "You must validate to use". Then it tells me it can't be installed on that computer after using that specific install for nearly 2 years. No hardware or software changes. Reseated everything! So, it'll be an hour or more talking to a non English speaking tech at the help desk for an hour or more trying to convince them, "Yes, I've done all that and no, it's the same computer with no changes except I cleaned the dirt out.
Overall Review: I like Win 7 although XP Pro had a much better search. I much prefer Win7 to Win 8.
Seems Picky
Pros: Handy and compact
Cons: As I have several state of the art builds in tower cases running Win 10 Pro I thought it'd be nice to run the same system on a laptop, BUT apps like Open Office which runs great on the towers keeps crashing on the HP. Perhaps they have a custom install of Win 10 Pro? I'd like to wipe the drive and install a regular Wi8n 10 Pro, but I'm hesitant to do so in fear that the computer would refuse it. I lowered the rating to two eggs as after a couple of weeks it now is making errors in Open Office which makes it time to replace it as it is now basically unusable. Keeps crashing with data loss. Battery life is nowhere near the advertised 5 hours and that's with no power eating accessories
Overall Review: Seems picky about what software it runs
Won't run
Pros: none
Cons: Dead? First piece of equipment I've received from newegg that doesn't work
Overall Review: As I can't get it to run... Plugging it in causes the HP Pavilion to beep but it doesn't show up on the menu, or as a USB object, nor will the software disk physically mount
Excelent regulator and backup. Far better than a conventional UPS. i'd call it a line conditioner.
Pros: Keeps a constant voltage sine wave on what ever is plugged into it when your line voltage is unstable, high or low. It also serves as a sturdy UPS. This is what people expect out of UPSs that never heard of line conditioners.
Cons: Not really a con for those in the know, but this is a 30A device and most 120 outlets and wiring are for 15 or 20A. Code requires an electrical circuit (breaker, wire gauge, and outlet for 30A so ths come with a 30A, TwistLok connector. If you don't already have the circuit, it will be a new circuit for the electrician and a permit will be required in most areas.
Overall Review: I was overjoyed when I found this listed. I think the 30A circuit is well worth the effort. ADDITION I believe it's now going on 5 years, many power interruptions, and voltage excursions with nary a problem. Yes, it required a 30A circuit. When power interruptions caused the computers on conventional UPSs; to reset the equipment on this never knew anything had happened. If you have the equipment load, or expensive equipment it is certainly worth the money. Don't mess with a UPS switchover if you can justify one of these.
WD Gold 10 TB 7200 RPM HD
Pros: Works great, out of the box. Just format and go. I've been transfering and reorganizing files for a week with the drive running almost constantly, with only a few pauses. Ir has been running at a transfer rate of 132 MBs for nearly the last two hours and is relatively quiet. I said relatively quier as there are 5 internal HDs and 7 low RPM, 120 mm fans and 1 CPU , plus 2 external 4 TB USB drives running wirh only a slight air noise. The drive is not audible and no vibration is felt.
Cons: None so far. I complain about the cost, but my first HD was only 10 MB, was physically large, and cost thousands of dollars, but IIRC that was around 1984. OTOH, when compairing cost per TB between, 8, 10, and 12 TB, the 10 TB is notably less expensive per TB
Overall Review: I have moved up to 2 TB, then 4 TB, and now 10 TB resident drives. I need one more of these to match up the internal storage with the WD network servers. I do a lot of multimedia work so, large, fast, on site storage speed and capacity is important. As long as a drive is large enough to keep 15 to 20% free space there is little fragmenting. Less than 15% and fragmentation can build in a hurry. Defraging a heavily fragmented 8 or 10 TB drive can take a very long time as can a full format rather than a quick format..
Well....
Pros: Easy to install, or upgrade from Win 7 Ultimate Has nice search features if you don't use one drive. It's OK for non critical content. It seems much like Win7 with applications moved to different locations. Some improvements
Cons: I dislike the auto-update not giving me a choice. Windows has had a few updates that were ....questionable. Acts more like a rearranged Win 7 U with a nice search feature added, OTOH it no longer searches on file contents, or at least I've not figured out how..
Overall Review: Been running Win 10 pro ever since it was available as a free upgrade. Boot time is about the same as Wins 7U (most of the time) I have seen the occasional boot times in the 20 second range, but typical is a bit over one minute. One Drive? I do a lot of photography and AVI work and I'm more than a little reluctant to put over 30TB (two servers) into One Drive. I miss the ability to search on file contents. BTW: Background is a Bachelor of Science in CS