Pros: Runs everything I've thrown at it at a liquid-smooth framerate.. From Crysis, to Jericho and 3DMark2006 with no hitches whatsoever! All this with a 1440x900 screen, which most may say is a waste, but I am updating that very soon. eVGA has made a nice, solid and beautiful card and the step-up program is great!

Cons: Price. Though that's coming down through rebate offers. People may also say that you're better off investing in two 8800 GTS, or GTX cards. Card exhausts its generated heat through the top-vent of the card, so make sure you have sufficient cooling! My Thermaltake Armor+ VH6000BWS seems to provide sufficient cooling, and the idle-and-load temperatures seem average compared to what I've seen in review sites.

Overall Review: Research! Those with tighter wallets could probably do well with two 8800GTS cards SLI'ed together. In the end, this card isn't a real update to those sporting two GeForce 8800-series cards but since I'm updating from a system that used an ATI Radeon X850, and I had the money.. I pounced on this card, and I don't regret it. HDMI out may be a good thing for those users with the capability.

Pros: - Solid aluminum construction-- big plus in my book! - Raised keys-- they're not sunken into the keyboard casing like traditional keyboards. Makes it easier to clean without having to individually remove every key! Another big plus in my book - Fluid RGB LED lighting patterns are possible - Ultra-customizable LED patterns, and now included-- a set of pre-programmed patterns if the customization is too overwhelming.

Cons: - Some bugs remain: Keyboard delays my computer bootup / restarts up to 2 minutes even after the latest firmware update. - Iffy functionality in non-Windows environments

Overall Review: Despite the early bugs, I decided to tough it out. Happy to say that the biggest annoyance, the constant "Malfunction" status is gone. The only remaining issue is the bootup problems, which I suspect is this point is hardware-related. I guess its what I get for making the classic mistake of buying on release day.

Pros: Blazing fast! I ran two games at once (one of them being notoriously resource-heavy), plus the Firefox browser with multiple tabs open and a music player in the background and experienced very little in the way of slowdown!

Cons: Runs pretty warm vs. my old Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ around 50*C idle, 75*C-80*C load on the included stock heatsink. Stock cooler is sufficient enough for most casual users, but stuff gets too hot for my liking. If that's your thing, an aftermarket cooler beats the stock heatsink.

Overall Review: IMHO, this CPU is still great and relevant, and should be awesome if you're good with not having bleeding-edge tech

Pros: Aluminum shell makes it feel like its built like a tank! Indicator and HDD light. Has quite a bit of weight with a 1TB drive. Hard drive sits securely within the drive. The fan has nice airflow, back-to-front where it exhausts keeps the drive nice and cool during prolonged operation. eSATA is of course a welcome thing as well!

Cons: Fan switch feels a little rickety.

Pros: Noticeably MUCH faster than Vista right out of the box! Did a clean install, and thus far has been handling everything perfect. System runs for days upon days without so much as a hiccup or a crash. More lenient in terms of system requirements as well. All my games run with no hiccup at all, and its less 'bloaty' than Vista itself

Cons: Expensive, even for the Home version. Besides a gamer, I'm a computer professional. It would be nice to be able to install this on at least 3-5 other systems at this price. I guess that's what you get when Microsoft still believe themselves to be utterly unstoppable in the OS market so far. Strange absence of some common features, such as how the taskbar is "always on top" of other programs, with no option to control this, or how sometimes locks out some legit programs from working to 'protect' my computer from some non-existent malware.

Overall Review: Overall, an awesome improvement over Vista, though I don't know how willing people are to run out and buy this, especially after the bad taste it left in your average joe-sixpack's mouths. I can't walk into a Best Buy nowadays without hearing new Apple Zombie recruits badmouthing PCs, and recycling the "facts" from the "Mac vs. PC" commercials in public. Microsoft's only got themselves to blame I suppose.

Pros: Bright AMOLED screen delivers AMAZING color, fast screen response time, mind-blowing sound quality, very light quality build and sturdy glass touch-capacitive screen that can take typical accidental bumps from keys and the like. Bluetooth! Flash-based OS can be customized, but there's still some work in progress. Surprisingly light construction, very small and slim enough to be unnoticeable in my pocket. Dual-core 500 MHz(?) processor allows for a huge variety of codecs to be used, and most files and videos can be dumped on the player typically with no conversion needed. I have an Xvid movie on it as we speak and it plays like a dream! Plays even Flash files, including most online flash games on the 'net. Small and growing collection of free apps from the user community. IMO I think this little device blows the sound quality of an iPod Touch by far, and I've compared the two side-by-side with a good pair of ($40) Sennheiser earbuds. The difference was insane.

Cons: No WiFi. Construction may be unsatisfactory for some who prefer metal. Small and hard-to-find collection of apps are available, and UI customization is possible, but may not be user-friendly to most.

Overall Review: If you don't mind foregoing Apple's app market and don't mind not having WiFi but sound quality is your thing, then this is for you. The AMOLED screen would allow for awesome movie-playing, and the Lithium-Polymer battery lasts quite a while, especially with the energy-saving AMOLED screen.