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Brad L.

Brad L.

Joined on 05/31/05

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Not too bad

LIAN LI PC-V800B Black Aluminum ATX Desktop Computer Case
LIAN LI PC-V800B Black Aluminum ATX Desktop Computer Case

Pros: Good airflow, great external aesthetic design, solid build.

Cons: The plastic connectors for the internal drive bays sucks. Getting a hard drive into them and sitting stable was difficult, and the documentation did very little to help me understand how the heck they work. As it is, my hard drive is just kanda sitting in there. If I tipped the case backwards, it might fall out.

Most Critical Review

Failed after 4 months

Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: fast

Cons: High failure rate. Bought 2 of these in June and ran RAID0 in an open case (side is always off) to keep things cool. One of the 2 failed on me this morning. I can see from the reviews that this is pretty common. Not worth the hassle.

11/10/2008

Fun toy, but WAY overpriced

Apple - 64GB iPad (1st Gen) with Wi-Fi (MB294LL/A)
Apple - 64GB iPad (1st Gen) with Wi-Fi (MB294LL/A)

Pros: Beautiful screen. Netflix on this is outstanding if you have a decent internet connection. Games and apps are gorgeous. Immediate attention grabber (if you like that kind of thing). A lot of the news and business related apps are free (NYT, NPR, Etrade, Bloomberg etc...)

Cons: WAY overpriced for what you get. I was truly psyched when I got this as an award at work, but I am totally at a loss for why anyone would spend over $700 for this thing - even $500+ for the smaller one seems to be robbery to me. A decent laptop can do so much more for the same price. The majority of good apps for this cost more $$$. It's frustrating when you feel like you are buying something that is free on your laptop using a browser... Also, reading books on this thing is no good for more than 10 or 15 minutes. My eyes get tired of the backlighting and LCD. Kindle and Nook are way better for this (tried both). Lastly, my employer blocked all iOS devices from connecting to Exchange since the OS is "not secure enough yet". Ugh. And we are a 10,000 employee company...

Overall Review: Hoping iOS 4.2 in November adds some quality. The lack of Multitasking is a pain, looking forward to that. Also hoping the Samsung tablet will pull the price down and push apple to improve the OS. 3 stars for an overpriced toy.

Over a year, still works great

G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7T-6GBPK
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7T-6GBPK

Pros: Have been running this kit for over a year, no issues yet. Asus P6T i7 920 Win7 Would easily recommend this kit to anyone else in the market for triple channel affordable RAM.

Cons: none

Overall Review: Having trouble understanding why other reviewers expect "Advance RMA". No tech vendors do this - why would G Skill be any different. "Hey, my ram is broke. Send me a new one. Bye!" Yeah... right... Blaming one vendor for the industry standard seems a bit childish.

Great Game

F.E.A.R. 2. Xbox 360 Game
F.E.A.R. 2. Xbox 360 Game

Pros: Better graphics than the first 2 F.E.A.R. titles. Scary.

Cons: Shorter campaign than I would have liked. I'm not big on multiplayer stuff.

2 dead after 4 months

Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: -

Cons: bought 2 of these, both have died and required rma's. when the first one died, I wrote it off as bad luck. however, #2 has me convinced these are poor design.