Pros: Just what the memory doctor ordered to squeeze every drop of performance and usability out of a netbook running Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04. Excellent shipping from newegg and it worked right out of the box.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Bought this to upgrade a Dell Mini9 from 1 GB of ram to the max the system will allow of 2 GB- Running Bios revision A05. Earlier versions may not recognize anything over 1 GB, and may need an upgrade.

Pros: Tiny. It's roughly the size of an ATX power supply, and will hold a pair of 2.5" SSDs. A stock intel cooler fits quite nicely on this rig, I'm uncertain if anything taller would fit. Mine came with the wireless option, which was an unexpected bonus. Building was straightforward and easy enough. Boot time on a windows 7 install from a Cruicial MX300 SSD is about 15 seconds from cold boot; it's fast enough for my use case. (htpc, and occasionaly acting as an artemis bridge server)

Cons: None really. If it was about an inch taller, or if a side-car style add-on chassis for an optical drive was made for it, that would have been cool. I'm pretty happy with it as is, though.

Overall Review: I would absolutely recommend this to someone who wants a tiny tiny machine and doesn't need an plug-in video card. It does seem to be rather picky about what USB 3.0 hubs you plug into it, although that could be a windows 7 issue. (I had major keyboard/mouse lag with a USB 3.0 hub plugged into it which was a bit frustrating.) I made do with a USB 2.0 hub and everything was peachy. I'm not deducting any eggs from the review because of it, just mentioning it. Speaking of windows 7, the utility that ships with the product only patches the boot image for USB3.0 support on a windows 7 install drive; I ended up digging out my trusty copy of NTlite to patch the install.wim file as well and manually injecting the USB3 drivers into the installer. I expect that the USB issues may go away with a more modern OS (8.1 pro or 10), but it does 'well enough' with what I've got on it.

Pros: I purchased this to go inside an ASRock DeskMini110 chassis, with the intention of replacing an aging and slowly dying Core2Duo based HTPC. It handles playback from DVD and transcoded videos just fine, and has enough oomph to handle low end games.(Artemis mostly) While I've not found a *decent* blu-ray player, once it gets through the menu, it handles playback just fine over a USB2 rated connection.

Cons: The stock cooler was a bit finicky to put on, but I blame myself as I've not done a pure scratch build like this in some time. :)

Overall Review: For basic computing purposes, this will do everything you want- web browsing, media playback, and video games that don't require an external video card. YMMV, obviously.

Pros: Connects both standard 3.5" and laptop IDE drives, and has a standard SATA connection. It uses a detachable mini USB cable to connect to the computer, making the whole thing fit nicely in a took bag. It's not fast, but it does what it says on the tin. I use this primarily for data recovery- it's not intended for daily usage as an external drive adapter, but as a tool to recover data from a drive removed from a failed enclosure or system.

Cons: The SATA power adapter tends to crowd the data side cable a bit making getting both cables to fit a challenge at times. The adapter also seems a bit fragile, and the power cable to run the adapter itself is a bit on the short side.

Overall Review: I've owned this for a couple years- It sees intermittent use primarily for data recovery and salvage operations, but it's worked perfectly the times I've used it.

Pros: Fast drives, the usual standard of quality I've come to expect from WD, and packed decently enough. These drives will run fine in either a stand alone configuration, or as part of a mirror or stripe set on a high end workstation or home-NAS.

Cons: Went on sale later that week for $25 less. Alas. And the jury is still out on reliability/longevity of these particular drives.

Overall Review: I ordered a pair of these based largely on the reviews here, and was understandably nervous about the packaging, as I ordered several other parts at the same time. the two drives came stacked side by side in a section of their bulk shipping container and completely surrounded by bubble wrap. I trust WD with my data and Although the jury is still out on how well these will run, if WD's build quality is anything like what I've used in the past, I don't think I'll be disappointed. (I got 11 years out of one of their 1.2 GB caviar drives, with the last 6 or seven being spent constantly on.)