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Daniel W.

Daniel W.

Joined on 08/19/04

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Most Favorable Review

exactly what I thought it would be

ASUS Eee PC T91SA-VU1X-BK 1GB Memory 8.9" 1024 x 600 Tablet PC Windows XP Home
ASUS Eee PC T91SA-VU1X-BK 1GB Memory 8.9" 1024 x 600 Tablet PC Windows XP Home

Pros: great performance, plays all but the most highest resolution videos well. good battery performance and display is very clear.

Cons: default windows xp is cringingly unoptimized. Lots of services starting up at boot, etc. Takes some tinkering, but its possible to get that down to quite a nice boot up time and minimal memory footprint (for xp anyways)

Overall Review: had thought to preserve the internal SSD drive by disabling swap. XP was NOT h appy about that and would freeze. Put a small swap on the expansion SD card, and its much happier.

Most Critical Review

died witn 48 hours

Manufacturer Recertified Corsair Nova Series 2 CSSD-V60GB2/RF2 2.5" 60GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Manufactured Recertified
Manufacturer Recertified Corsair Nova Series 2 CSSD-V60GB2/RF2 2.5" 60GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Manufactured Recertified

Pros: it installed the os fine...

Cons: but then it died the next day. fails all writes. s.m.a.r.t says it has already reached the limit of reserved blocks, so its pretty much a doorstop at this point.

Overall Review: going to make sure I check s.m.a.r.t values from a flash stick before I bother installing on a refurb, thats for sure.

best monitor deal around

Acer 22" WSXGA+ LCD Monitor 5 ms 1680 x 1050 D-Sub, DVI X223Wbd
Acer 22" WSXGA+ LCD Monitor 5 ms 1680 x 1050 D-Sub, DVI X223Wbd

Pros: good image quality/contrast very powerful backlight. awesome deal.

Cons: Stand is not the sturdiest, but serves without issue. seriously, dont let that turn you off it, unless you move your monitor around constantly enough that its a matter of concern. Even then you might want to just get a replacement stand. it has standard vesa mountpoints.

Overall Review: have an older monitor thats going south on my, may replace with 2 of these :-D

awesome.

Acer 22" WSXGA+ LCD Monitor 5 ms 1680 x 1050 D-Sub, DVI X223Wbd
Acer 22" WSXGA+ LCD Monitor 5 ms 1680 x 1050 D-Sub, DVI X223Wbd

Pros: excellent picture, base is solid if limited in adjustment to tilt. dvi cable was included. 0 dead pixels, no problems with shipping.

Cons: did not like the old resolution, had to reboot once :-)

very quiet!

Antec True Power Trio TP3-550 550 W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply with Three 12V Rails
Antec True Power Trio TP3-550 550 W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply with Three 12V Rails

Pros: Just bought this locally retail, was on sale. Felt compelled to come here and right a review, I was so impressed. Incredibly quiet, very nicely wrapped and arrayed cables.

Cons: Different shape of unit made for some confusion as to which direction to install it.