Joined on 03/30/05
great system for the price. adding more RAM helps.
Pros: small, cool running, and QUIET! put it right next to the TV and you'll never hear it. my wife was amazed it was actually a computer. it's so tiny and neat looking as well. looks great next to a plasma. comes loaded with XP home, ready to roll right out of the box, after the 5 minute setup. booted relatively fast (though slow next to my dual core win7 machine), but hey, it's a single core 1.6Ghz processor, with 1GB of ram.
Cons: -first off, this thing is LOADED with bloatware. loaded. not an exaggeration. like, 20 different stupid games, free trials, etc etc. took me about 30 min to delete all this superfluous junk off the system. why not give us a disc with all these unnecessary programs? booo acer. - couple of tough mods on this system. changing out the hard drive is tricky. i can't tell if the drive is actually adhesive mounted to the board as well as torx-ed in. i only spent a few minutes trying to remove the drive, but was unsuccessful. there were three exposed TORX screws that held the drive on the board. after removing them (yeah, yeah; warranty schmarranty), the hard drive had no 'play' to it, as if it were physically 'stuck' to the board...weird. so i didn't switch it out. memory was really easy to get to though. the processor is really tough on flash video. youtube, hulu, all those sites will give you some jaggies and render issues while watching them. it's not a powerhouse.
Overall Review: one big difference right off the bat. Newegg specifies that the memory capacity is 1GB, and has two slots. the second part of that is right. just for giggles i picked up a 2gb stick of g-skill memory in the event that it would work. the revo comes with 1 stick of 1gb ram. i simply put the 2gb stick in slot 2, and turned it on, and voila! now i have 3gb of ram. this pc is totally worth it so far. get one.
uh..not sure about this router....
Pros: Cheap. looks cool with my d-link switch, which is the same color scheme. blinky lights look nice in the dark.
Cons: look, i'm no idiot when it comes to networking. but this router's driving me nuts so far. it's wonky at best. tried the factory setup with my comcast cable connection, worked fine at first (nice web interface, by the way), but then it would either take forever to load any site, or not load at all. i never get a lost connection prompt nor does the router physically lose connection. it just won't load pages. on the router side, everything seems fine, my NIC is fine, and the modem's fine as well. after i restart the router it's perfect...for 5 minutes again. then boom. nothing. i may have to return this one. my DI-604 never did this.
Overall Review: boo, d-link. maybe i'm just missing something, but it seems like this is just a bad product. oh, and to the people having firmware issues, mine came as 2.0 FW.
LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!
Pros: Price, newegg service/shipping, canon name and quality. NOTE: don't buy the 18-55 lens with this. hit am@zon and buy the 50mm 1.8 macro lens for eighty bucks, or the tamron 75-300 macro lens for 129 bucks. i bought both lenses and i couldn't be more smitten with my overall purchase. the 18-55 is pretty junky, i have one at work that came with the 20D we have, and it's a paperweight. save your money and pick up some good starter lenses instead. also, buy a second battery. the dolica one i bought was perfect as a backup.
Cons: absolutely none whatsoever. seriously.
Overall Review: i've been shooting at work with an EOS 20D for about 2 years, and sharpening my skills enough to want to get my own DSLR. i know all the options out there, and the pros and cons to brand vs. price vs. quality. i was very hesitant about which camera to buy. based on my experience with canon cameras, and their commitment to quality.
Fast, Cheap, Quality, BUY!
Pros: CHEEEEAP! totally inexpensive for it's capacity and speed. if you're not a pro/don't require burst RAW shots, you'll be happy with this card. if you're a pro, you'll probably get a turbo superfast awesome card. i use this in my Canon Rebel XTi and it's perfect so far. i took it out yesterday in 10 degree weather, camera and card were in perfect running order. BUY IT!!
Cons: absolutely none. every card reader i have reads it no problem. durable and solid.
Overall Review: just buy it. i see you eyeing this. seriously. i'm real picky about this kind of stuff, and was kind of on the fence about this based on the price. but it's awesome. really. thanks newegg!
just got it for xmas! BUY THIS!
Pros: nothing but pros for this. software is easy to use (although almost 60 megs!), bright lighting, awesome and familiar button layout, usb compatible. does exactly what you think it will do (and everything i'd hoped for)!
Cons: absolutely none, except the cost.
Overall Review: this was so easy to set up. it took me no longer than 15 min start to finish. you DL the logitech software, tell the software what you have in your theatre setup (HDTV, receiver, dvd, xbox, etc), and set up activities, and you're rolling. boom. that's it! my girlfriend's not afraid of it, was able to get things moving in no time, and she's already mastered it. totally amazing device, and a must if you own a home theatre with a 360 involved. i even have a DG510 receiver, and had to do the 'trick' where you have to set up as a component device and still get 5.1 optical, and the remote had NO problems figuring it out. as a matter of fact, the first time i booted up the xbox in activities, everything turned on except the xbox. the menu on the remote prompted me to see if everything was on. it wasn't, so i hit 'help'. then, it turned my xbox on, and said 'did this fix the problem?', and i entered 'yes'. now it turns everything on together. it learns, it's intuitive, and i'm glad i own it.
H0ly Huge Monitor, Batman
Pros: Good sweet lord, this thing is monstrous. literally dwarfs my Acer 17" lcd that sits directly to the right of it. You'll be able to save money on the lighting in your computer room, as this thing simply brightens up the entire room. it's bright. NO DEAD PIXELS! woohoo! i'm 4 for 4 with newegg now! Did i mention this thing is huge?
Cons: ok, some important pointers. first it's TOO bright, if there's such a thing. i'm a graphic designer, so my monitors have to be pantone calibrated. this monitor is brighter in the middle and dimmer on the sides (but it's still pretty bright everywhere). it's just not consistent. so if you're not looking directly at center screen, it's gonna look a little off...has lots of tweakables though (color, brightness, contrast, etc), so you can customize to your liking. it's tough though. i recommend the pantone huey system though. the brightness variance is why i gave it a 4 instead of 5.
Overall Review: got this for a black friday deal on newegg. two-hundred buckaroos for a gigantic monster of a monitor? you betcha. my games look awesome on this. world in conflict, amazing. now i can see everything. my multitrack programs are great, i can keep all my tracks in one window, and my VST plugins in the other, and see everything perfect. BUY THIS. thanks newegg! AGAIN!