Pros: Seems to work perfectly and effortlessly under Ubuntu 8.04 with the Nintendo WiiMote. I didn't have to install any drivers or libraries. I tested it with wmgui and a python script a friend of mine wrote, and it was just fine on both.

Cons: I haven't had enough time to really test it.

Overall Review: Comes with a cap for the USB port that I lost under my desk somewhere, because it cannot be attached to the device when its plugged into a USB port.

Pros: NA

Cons: The brush idea seems like a logical way of applying thermal compound. In practice, the brush in mine was a bit of a tangled mess. When I tried to straighten it out, the bristles popped out. Great, now I am left with a bunch of thermal compound in a narrow neck bottle and a hand full of plastic threads.

Overall Review: This is as much my clumsiness as anything else, and I am not fairly judging the product on its thermal capabilities. Raising a stink about the brush is kind of petty, but I felt compelled to share my experience as a caution to my fellow clumsy oafs.

Pros: Thin, light and fast as advertised. The 1080 p screen is beautiful and the keyboard is fantastic. There last two really set this laptop apart for me and are why I picked it over some of the others. So far it has worked great with Ubuntu with minimal tweaking. The touchpad works fine with a two finger tap to right click. It runs as fast, quiet and cool in linux as it does in windows. Some of the special function keys don't work out of the box, but there are docs for that online. Did I mention that the full HD screen is beautiful?

Cons: The touchpad isn't great. It works, but it takes a bit of getting used to and even then isn't as good as some others I have seen. The touchpad only has a tactile click on the bottom half of the touchpad, and when clicked it is hard keep a steady hand, meaning I miss a number of clicks. This isn't a problem for me because I use keyboard shortcuts for 99% of what I do, but it might be a serious problem for some, so I would encourage trying one out before buying. Ships with some expected windows cruft. Pricey! I went big because I wanted to the extra space to dual boot windows and linux, but I think most people would be fine with the basic model. Pity they don't have an i5 + 256 GB model at a lower price.

Overall Review: When I first bought it and turned it on the fan went nuts and the system got pretty hot. After a round of updates and a reboot, the system became silent and cool, and has been running all day without any audible sound or any noticable heat, which is very promising. The same holds while running Ubuntu 12.04. The 256 GB version comes with a strange partition scheme, where the disk has a 128GB partition with windows + etc, and a 128 GB partition labeled "data" which is totally empty. This is fine by me, because I installed Ubuntu (my primary OS) on the "data" partition (sda5). Sadly, GRUB was unable to boot windows because of some issues EFI (I thought I was done learning about system booting...), so in order to change between booting Linux and Windows I have to tweak something in the BIOS. There is probably some way of setting it up in GRUB but I haven't figured it out yet.

Pros: Great board over all. Has served me well for a long time, in both Windows and Linux. Plenty of slots for a boat load of RAM. Nice LGA 775 socket supports a lot of slick processors. All in all, I love it.

Cons: The whole Nvidia fake-raid thing is a pain in the neck. It was a nightmare to get it working in Linux, and I had to scavenge a floppy drive to install drivers for it with windows. I tried to get a 3Ware card instead, but the PCI-e 1x slot I was gonna use is lined up with the RAM release levers. When I try to drop the (rather long) 3Ware card in, it hits the levers. 13mm too long... so close!

Overall Review: Its a shame that such a glorious piece of electronic design would have a physical layout issue. I may be able to drop the card in the PCI-e 8x slot (which is normally used for SLI), but it seems like a waste to put a 1x card in an 8x slot, while leaving an actual 1x slot open!

Pros: Probably works great, I love 3Ware and have had great luck with them in the past, but...

Cons: This card physically doesn't fit in my Mother board. It is too long, and the end of the card overlaps with the levers to detach my RAM. If it were 13mm shorter, it would be fine, or had a 5mm boost at the end.

Overall Review: Ok, granted, this is more the fault of the mother board manufacturer than 3Ware. And really, 3Ware produces cards for server form factors, not desktop PCs. Please, make sure it will fit in your system before you buy it. I measured mine at 7 3/8" for the card (minus the riser+ lip). Thats 18.8 cm for the scientists out there. No idea what I am going to do with it now, I suppose I could start voiding warranties with my dremel ;-).

Pros: Pushes pixels like crazy. Worked with Windows XP without issue. Works in Linux after a fight. (I haven't tried Vista). Supreme Commander is AMAZING on this card. Never thought I would see that many tanks on my screen at one time...

Cons: Huge card. Make sure your case has enough space (I think its about 10"). Power hungry too, I was sure to overshoot on PSU to compensate. In Ubuntu Linux, as of July 07, the NVidia drivers have a stupid and simple bug in the installer (it skips unpacking a rather important file, which is just brilliant). This is probably fixed by the time I post this, and if not check the forms for instructions.

Overall Review: I was afraid this thing would cook itself, and it does put out quite a bit of heat. I even looked at some possible extreme heat management solutions. However, the stock fan and heatsink setup seems to be working just fine.