Joined on 11/08/04
It works

Pros: Works and is cheap, works with my older 160GB Toshiba drive and the new upgraded drive I purchased along side this item: Item #: N82E16822145228. So works fine with this 320GB drive
Cons: Does not recognize unformated drives. So you really need a laptop or other device that accepts a SATA 2.5" drive to format it first. If you have that then great, if not then might want to rethink. The paper insert that comes with it states it works UP TO 250GB, but as I said it worked with my new 350GB Hitachi just fine (other than not seeing it formatted).
Overall Review: Its not built to swap drives often.. Best to pop one in there and leave it. Its small, its cheap, it works (cept for CON).
OK board if you dont use the NIC

Pros: Fit into a APEVIA X-QPACK2 without issue. Has SATA and onboard video is not bad, I choose this board because it has DVI out.
Cons: Built in NIC (Network Interface Card) is trash. Locks the entire system up 100% of the time if you try to tansfer any large file at all. Dont be fooled that your network card is OK if it seems to work transferring small files (like browsing websites) try actually downloading a file of at least 10 Megabytes as a test. PC would lock up after transferring between 5-7meg.. Sad..
Overall Review: I happen to have a spare NIC laying around and its working fine in the board, but still ticks me that the onboard one is not working, plus i'm waisting a valuable PCI slot now. They should send us a PCI-E NIC card for free to fix this problem! Other than the NIC the board has been great.
thumbs up

Pros: small, cheap, reliable... Simply works..
Cons: none
Works

Pros: Used this to upgrade my work laptop (HP 6530b) from a slower/smaller HDD to a larger/faster one. It did the job just fine!
Cons: None
Nice KB

Pros: I like it! It's Ergo AND has standard layout! I do scripting and copy/paste code often, having the INS/DEL/HOME/END/PGUP/PGDN in the normal layout makes for a more productive session.
Cons: I think the lil 'zoom' deal in the middle just makes the KB look cheezy (although you get used to it). Personally I didnt even install the software and do not use it, i'd rather not see it there at all.
Overall Review: Its a solid KB, does not twist and turn at all unlike some cheaper models. I had purchased the 2000 model before for the layout which was fine, but it was flimsy, and I missed the ergo layout so bought this one which I love.
It works

Pros: Does what its supposed too.
Cons: Does not support booting from the drive.
Overall Review: I got this just to toss a 40GB IDE drive into so I could take it to work once every couple months to DL data from Work PC to bring home for backup.. Does this job nicely.