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Ivan V.

Ivan V.

Joined on 06/21/09

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Most Favorable Review

Very good keyboard

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000

Pros: - Helps with wrist posture which reduces tension. - Has some handy hotkeys built in. - Advanced drivers will install itself through Microsoft Update

Cons: - Big and bulky which takes up quite a bit of desk space. - Space bar is very stiff when first using it

Overall Review: I bought this keyboard for my workstation and have loved using it ever since. My wrists have often hurt due to poor habits with typing and this keyboard has helped break some of those habits and reduce strain on my wrists. The keyboard is big and will take up quite a bit of desk space so keep that in mind when you order one (not a true con of the keyboard but can be an annoyance). The other issue is the spacebar which is very stiff and hard to press in the natural wrist position of the keyboard. It's awkward and required extra pressure or pushing it in the center. This slowly went away overtime as the spacebar got more broken in though.

Most Critical Review

Okay but not good

ASUS Laptop UL50 Series Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 4GB Memory 320GB HDD NVIDIA GeForce G210M + Intel GMA 4500MHD 15.6" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit UL50Vt-X1
ASUS Laptop UL50 Series Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 4GB Memory 320GB HDD NVIDIA GeForce G210M + Intel GMA 4500MHD 15.6" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit UL50Vt-X1

Pros: -Has great battery life -Slim enough to carry around -Decent performance for this class of laptops

Cons: -ASUS has ditched support for this product. Expect outdated drivers. -Hybrid Graphics are horribly crippled by above. Prepare to research on hacked drivers. -Due to how the computer saves power with hard drive power, the laptop tears through hard drives pretty fast. -Provided wireless drivers will freeze the comp.

Overall Review: This laptop performs decently but there are many out there that are much more reliable. I can look passed the lack of driver support but what kills this laptop is the fatal flaw in the design that aggressively stops the HDD as much as humanly possible which kills hard drives extremely fast. This laptop has ran through three hard drives over the course of 1.5 years. That is not good at all. Would recommend you that you look for another laptop if you want reliability.

Exceeded Expectations

Intel Core i5-2500 - Core i5 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Intel HD Graphics 2000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I52500
Intel Core i5-2500 - Core i5 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Intel HD Graphics 2000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I52500

Pros: Much faster than what I originally expected out of it. Was really surprised that it was capable of handling StarCraft II at medium settings all by itself.

Cons: The stock fan is horrible. It broke in less than a week.

Overall Review: You should plan on buying an aftermarket heatsink and fan with this core. The stock fan is incredibly flimsy and breaks easily.

11/24/2011

Good wireless card

Rosewill RNX-N300X IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 (PCI Interface) Wireless Adapter (2T3R) Up to 300Mbps Wireless Download Data Rates 64/128-Bit WEP, WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK (TKIP and AES)
Rosewill RNX-N300X IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 (PCI Interface) Wireless Adapter (2T3R) Up to 300Mbps Wireless Download Data Rates 64/128-Bit WEP, WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK (TKIP and AES)

Pros: Very fast and reliable. Is able to do Wireless-N well.

Cons: Antennas are a little awkward to work with

Overall Review: The antennas are not bad but often have to fight with the wires in the back to get them in a good position.

11/24/2011

Another Ordinary HDD

Seagate BarraCuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Large capacity. Easy to install. Consumes little power.

Cons: It's not 7200 RPM drive though this drive was made for storage rather than performance.

Overall Review: It's a standard 2TB drive. Does what I need it to do. Not exciting but Seagate made a reliable drive good for expanding storage to a server.

10/27/2011

Horrible...horrible lies

ASUS RT-N12 Wireless Broadband Router SuperSpeedN 802.11b/g/n up to 300Mbps/ Open Source DD-WRT Support
ASUS RT-N12 Wireless Broadband Router SuperSpeedN 802.11b/g/n up to 300Mbps/ Open Source DD-WRT Support

Pros: Works well for like a day.

Cons: Router speed deteriorated overnight literally. The stock firmware was unstable and dropped connection frequently. DD-WRT firmware was fine for a day then the transfer speed dropped to extremely low amounts (8 kbps). I reset the router numerous times to default firmware and various builds of ddwrt with no luck. Absolutely disgusted with this router and it's pitiful that it's beaten in consistancy by my old cheapo netgear router. ASUS router no longer recognized by any system and refuses to enter rescue mode making it a nice paperweight.

Overall Review: Stay away from this router.