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James C.

James C.

Joined on 12/10/03

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Most Favorable Review

Great Monitors

ViewSonic VG2436wm-LED Black 24" Full HD Height,Swivel &Pivot Adjustable LED Backlight LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 20,000,000:1(1,000:1) w/Speakers
ViewSonic VG2436wm-LED Black 24" Full HD Height,Swivel &Pivot Adjustable LED Backlight LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 20,000,000:1(1,000:1) w/Speakers

Pros: Big, bright, colors look fine though I wouldn't call myself an expect. I see nothing noticeably wrong with them. Has VESA connection. Low power usage. I just hooked up my killawatt and it says 20 watts and 32VA. Fairly clean looking design

Cons: no hdmi but oh well. could be cheaper but these things are going to play out cost wise over the next 4 or 5 years so really who cares about $50 one way or another if you are getting what you want!

Overall Review: I originally bought the cheaper and well rated samsung 23" LED LCD's but there seems to be a trend of leaving off the VESA mounts which I did not notice. Newegg was very kind to take them back AND pay for my return shipping even though it was really my fault. These were the best LED LCD monitors I could find with VESA support.

Most Critical Review

Best in a field of bad products

Adesso WKB-4000US SlimTouch 2.4 GHz RF Wireless Mini  Keyboard with Touchpad, with min USB receiver and receiver pocket (Silver / grey)
Adesso WKB-4000US SlimTouch 2.4 GHz RF Wireless Mini Keyboard with Touchpad, with min USB receiver and receiver pocket (Silver / grey)

Pros: -Wireless doesn't disconnect -Touchpad works fine -Convenient as a wireless lap keyboard with mouse -Keys feel OK

Cons: -Duplicates keystrokes!!! Lot's of typo's -Everytime it wakes up (well almost everytime), it turns on num lock -- stupid! -Wireless dongle looks like its from the 80's (HUGE) -Not in the least bit ergonomic

Overall Review: -This seems to be the best wireless keyboard with touchpad product on the market, but it's not too good. You will typo like a crazy person if you use this to do any extensive typing. -Not sure about range. I use this so I can sit a few feet further back from my desktop so I'm not far away at all (3 or 4 feet?). It has never disconnected from thiis distance. -So far, battery life is good. Haven't changed them in nthe month+ that I have owned it and I worked at computer all day long.

my feet are at rest

Rosewill RBFF-11001 - LUXE Adjustable Tilting Footrest - Two Height Settings, 30-Degree Tilt
Rosewill RBFF-11001 - LUXE Adjustable Tilting Footrest - Two Height Settings, 30-Degree Tilt

Pros: it works, has a few different angles. my feet don't slide off of it? it's cheap

Cons: it comes in a large box?

Overall Review: It's a foot rest. It doesn't appear likely to break. I can't think of any reason not to give it 5 stars but it's also my first work desk foot rest so maybe I don't know any better.

10/11/2012

Like it

Brunton Inspire Pocket
Brunton Inspire Pocket

Pros: -Lightweight -Can get good deals on them -Include charger for mini usb and usb devices (which include the ability to charge via those interfaces) -~1.5 full charges of the iPhone 4S on a full charge (might be an underestimate since I left the battery outside of my sleeping bag in ~30F weather during night 1 which will kill the battery faster -Relatively Small

Cons: -I think they claim it will fully charge a smartphone 2-3x. You will be lucky to charge it twice I believe. -Other than that, it's great!

Overall Review: I have used this on 2 backpacking trips now to charge my iPhone, which I use as a GPS tracker with runkeeper for looking at my elevation gains and distance travelled, etc. I pull my SIM card in order to stop the constant cell tower searches the drain the battery and am able to get a full day of tracking per charge (but that's another story) I often use the battery around the house to charge my bluetooth headset when I'm too lazy to find the charger. If I remembered to take it with my when travelling into the city for work, it would make a great backup battery since it's small and light. I'm thinking of buying a 2nd for extended backpacking trips! It's cheaper than buying a GPS watch to track my activities...

on my 3rd

Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVT 320GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVT 320GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: -RMA process is good -plenty of space for multiple OS installs

Cons: -not reliable -5400RPM is slow

Overall Review: This is a good storage drive, not a good OS drive. I am just now sending in my 2nd drive to get my 3rd RMA of this model. Western Digitals RMA process is simple and fast, so that's the only reason I gave it 2 stars! The drive is in a laptop, so of course it gets moved around a bit, but this is 3 drives in 4 years -- unacceptable track record.

Good Monitor

Acer B243HLbmdrz Black 24" 5ms Height,Swivel,Pivot & Tilt Adjustable LED Backlight LCD Monitor w/Speakers 250 cd/m2 ACM 8,000,000:1
Acer B243HLbmdrz Black 24" 5ms Height,Swivel,Pivot & Tilt Adjustable LED Backlight LCD Monitor w/Speakers 250 cd/m2 ACM 8,000,000:1

Pros: -Many Adjustments so good for ergonomics -Bright -Good quality

Cons: -Nothing I would list as a con

Overall Review: We have bought 5 or 6 of these over the past year or two at our office. Only 1 was defective and Newegg paid for return shipping and sent us a new one without any issue. The best part of these and why I continue to buy them over other monitors is the adjustments. This can be molded to a desk at any height and to any users particular preference. Height, Swivel, Tilt. Awesome. The monitor itself is fine -- average quality I would say. Fine for 95% of users. We have not had any die yet, except for the one that arrived defective. All our users are happy with them. One other thing I would say is that these continue to go up in price. Everytime I buy a new one, it is more expensive. Strange but they are still worth it.