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Daniel M.

Daniel M.

Joined on 02/28/05

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Workhorse

i-rocks IR-4100 Blue 4-ports Aluminum USB Hub
i-rocks IR-4100 Blue 4-ports Aluminum USB Hub

Pros: Always works --always fast. Have plugged phones, external hard drives for large data transfers, flash drives, ipods and printers without a hitch.

Cons: none

Most Critical Review

Good G card in Ubuntu 10.04 x64

ASUS PCE-N13 Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI Express 150/300Mbps Transfer/Receive Rate 64-bit/128-bit WEP, TKIP, and AES WI-Fi alliance WPA, WPA2
ASUS PCE-N13 Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI Express 150/300Mbps Transfer/Receive Rate 64-bit/128-bit WEP, TKIP, and AES WI-Fi alliance WPA, WPA2

Pros: Plugs and runs reliably in Ubuntu Lucid Lynx at G speeds.

Cons: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS wireless support is all over the board. Looks like a fair number of regression errors in the release. G is fine but you either have to patch the kernel with the latest rt driver or wait and hope for updates to get N speed.

Its a Monster Flash

ADATA 64GB S102 Pro Advanced USB 3.0 Flash Drive, Speed Up to 100MB/s (AS102P-64G-RGY)
ADATA 64GB S102 Pro Advanced USB 3.0 Flash Drive, Speed Up to 100MB/s (AS102P-64G-RGY)

Pros: Cheap and reliable

Cons: Caps need to be a tad tighter...

10/18/2013

Dorm Stopper

BELKIN BE112230-08 8 Feet 12 Outlets 3780 Joules Surge Protector with Telephone and Coaxial Protection
BELKIN BE112230-08 8 Feet 12 Outlets 3780 Joules Surge Protector with Telephone and Coaxial Protection

Pros: About my 5th Belkin surge protector. It's the best last thing to buy for a kid off to college. Gotta protect that Macbook, printer, phone charger, alarm clock, coffee maker, hair straightener, black light, guitar amplifier, blender, rice cooker, popcorn maker...

Cons: nada nada limonada

10/18/2013

All Better Now...

ZALMAN Notebook Cooler ZM-NC2000 Black
ZALMAN Notebook Cooler ZM-NC2000 Black

Pros: Keeps laptop cool and provides a nice typing angle with the extendable legs. Best cooler I have used.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Zalman did a nice job RMA-ing my last cooler based on the feedback given below.

Dang Fast and Linux Friendly

XPG SX900 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) ASX900S3-256GM-C
XPG SX900 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) ASX900S3-256GM-C

Pros: Snap to install in HP DV6 AMD machine. Boots to Ubuntu 12.10 login screen in about 10s. Shutdown in 3-4s. Added max RAM and the combo makes this mid-range machine a little screamer. Nice bump in battery performance too.

Cons: nada

Overall Review: Follow the guides to optimize Ubuntu/Linux SSD performance -trim, swappiness etc. Look at Easy Linux Tips on Sites to get a running start. 30 minute project to get your box optimized.