Pros: I've now owned this bag for over 15 months and I can better attest to its durability, since I've given it one hell of a lengthy stress test: for most of those months, I lugged the same T61, usually two 1000+ page science textbooks, a notebook, the charger, and tons of other utensils and trinkets every weekday (probably upwards of 30-35 lbs). In the bottom corners of the bag, I have spotted only one strand of loose stitching, and considering my record, that's pretty good. At that spot, it doesn't pull apart at all-- it's merely superficial (you'd really have to look, as I did, to find it). This thing has been all over the state, through every weather condition (surprisingly weather resistent!), and can even withstand the force of carrying all the above stuff with only one strap over a shoulder. All the other points in my other review remain true.

Cons: This bag is designed to remain upright so long as the two side pockets are zipped up. Perhaps the only thing to have worn out a bit are these two pockets, as they now fold under themselves from wear. Personally, I could care less if my bag doesn't remain poised in an upright position when I place it down. So long as there are rigid surfaces in the main pocket (hardcover books, clipboards, binders, etc.), it will stay up.

Overall Review: It turns out the most useful part of the backpack has been the pouch between the main pocket and the front zipper pocket; it's a perfect spot for an umbrella, water bottle, whatever else you're tossing in at the last moment as you're running out the door. Whatever you're thinking up, this bag can take it. I don't regret this purchase for a moment. After going through tons of Jansport and Eastpak bags or whatever brands I used in HS, this one has taken the normal abuse of a student much better than all of the above.

Pros: + Great picture and sound + Quick read + Well designed remote + Good OOB integration with Samsung TV (can control TV with BD remote without set-up) + Small footprint

Cons: - Will only claim to have internet access via Wi-Fi if it can download at ~10+ Mbps speed. The neighboring TV and Chromecast have no problems connecting to (and streaming through) the same router. I wasn't about to run a 100-ft Cat5e cable through my house and I would've purchased a cheaper player had I known the apps wouldn't work (Prime streaming doesn't support Chromecast yet, so I was hoping for that one). - No visual feedback whatsoever. The only way to tell if this thing is powered on is to see if it shows up under the "Sources" menu on your TV. No standby light, no LCD, no power light, no nothin'. - The curved design, presumably meant to go with their flagship curved TVs, looks weird among the other flat-front devices I have. Not a fan of the rope-like texture on the surface, either.

Overall Review: I ended up returning the device because of the Wi-Fi issue. If you really want apps, can directly wire this to your network (or the router is in the same room), and don't mind the goofy design, this is a solid player. Otherwise, I'd look at offerings from other manufacturers, or a player from Samsung without so many bells and whistles.

Pros: While I didn't get a chance to bench this quick little drive, I was able to put it threw quite a break-in period of multiple re-partitionings and installations of Vista, 7, and Kubuntu. The startup times for all three were significantly faster than on the stock 160 GB 5400RPM Hitachi in my T61. Is it weird to like the formatted size (298GB) because it's actually close to a nice round number for once?

Cons: My drive threw up filesystem errors in all of the above systems in a matter of days before finally succumbing to the Click of Death and halting altogether.

Overall Review: Hard drive failures are common for nearly every manufacturer, so I won't knock it down too much for that. Just make sure you keep backups of everything important on media that's NOT mechanical (i.e. DVDs, flash, etc.), and don't load up all your stuff on a new drive until you've broken it in for at least a couple months-- that's my experience. This drive and its newer 7200.4 cousins consistently leave competing drives in the dust with it's throughput averages on bench tests (see Tom's HW's 2009 charts), but I've heard that the Scorpio Black 320GB has better "real world" performance (most likely due to it's shorter seek time, making applications seem "snappier"). Since you can get lemons from any HDD manufacturer, it really comes down to the service that you can get from each one. [However, since my failure was within 30 days, I only had to deal with Newegg (fantastic customer service, as usual), so I can't account for Seagate's service.]