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Greg S.

Greg S.

Joined on 04/17/04

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.9 ST3160812A 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.9 ST3160812A 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Very quiet drive. Put into a Tivo unit & used the Zipper without flaw. It also runs about 5 degrees celsius cooler then the stock HD did which is another nice bonus.

Cons: None.

12/31/2006

Great replacement for a netbook. Better than a tablet.

ASUS Transformer Book T100 Intel Z3740 Quad Core 2GB DDR3 RAM 64GB SSD 10.1" Touchscreen Tablet w/Dock, Windows 8.1 (T100TA-C1-GR)
ASUS Transformer Book T100 Intel Z3740 Quad Core 2GB DDR3 RAM 64GB SSD 10.1" Touchscreen Tablet w/Dock, Windows 8.1 (T100TA-C1-GR)

Pros: Long Battery, accurate touch screen, MS Office,

Cons: power charging cable is a bit short, I think it was only 3 ft. If you purchase an extra cable, make sure you get one that is powerful to help speed up the charging. My old cell phone charging cable takes forever to charge.

Overall Review: This is an great replacement for our aging netbook. Windows 8 really shines with the touch screen interface, and the inclusion of Word, Excel & Powerpoint 2013 is a very nice plus. It's the same screen size as a tablet, but is a laptop. Aside from games, I can't think of a reason why you would want to use a tablet in lieu of this. I recommend this for anyone that needs a small PC to do basic web browsing, simple spreadsheets, etc.

12/29/2014

Works Great for unRAID boot

CORSAIR Flash Voyager 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive Model CMFUSB2.0-8GB
CORSAIR Flash Voyager 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive Model CMFUSB2.0-8GB

Pros: I've been running unRAID continuously on this since 03/2013, and haven't run into a single issue. Works great.

Cons: N/A

10/24/2013

Purchased 7 months ago, works perfect

Seagate Desktop HDD ST4000DM000 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate Desktop HDD ST4000DM000 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: 4TB drive for less than $200 (I paid $189 in 03/2013 Runs Cool, Runs between 20-30 degrees Celsius

Cons: It's only 5900 RPM, but I use it for media storage, so the speed isn't a problem for me, but could potentially be a problem for others.

10/24/2013

Works Great, using as XBMC Box

Acer Nettop AspireRevo AR3700-U3002 Intel Atom D525 2GB DDR3 250GB HDD Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Acer Nettop AspireRevo AR3700-U3002 Intel Atom D525 2GB DDR3 250GB HDD Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Pros: Small, HDMI audio/video works out of the box. Quiet. Bluetooth keyboard has great distance. The PC is in the basement, and I can use the keyboard on the 2nd floor.

Cons: When I hooked it up to a 720p TV via HDMI to test, it was outputting 1080p, so I couldn't see anything. I had to hook up a monitor as a 2nd viewing device, to change the resolution for the 720p TV. The Revo might have been confused since the TV is a cheap off-brand, Element. Having said that, when I hooked it up to my 1080p Samsung TV, I didn't have any problems.

Overall Review: I purchased this to use as an XBMC Box. It's a bit of overkill, but I wanted the Atom/Ion combo. I'm still using XP on my main, 7 yr old, PC. While I was setting it up, I fell in love with the PC and Win7. I'd recommend this to anyone that doesn't need an optical drive. I can't believe how fast this box is.

Great for excess Storage

WD Elements 2TB Desktop External Hard Drive
WD Elements 2TB Desktop External Hard Drive

Pros: No Visible lights on front of device. Quiet

Cons: N/A

Overall Review: I'm using this to store media for my XBMC. Works great, and will probably purchase another one.