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Simon T.

Simon T.

Joined on 08/17/08

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Most Favorable Review

Good Laptop

Lenovo Ultra-thin Notebook IdeaPad AMD A8-4555M 4GB Memory 500GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 7600G 14.0" Windows 8 S405 (59342927)
Lenovo Ultra-thin Notebook IdeaPad AMD A8-4555M 4GB Memory 500GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 7600G 14.0" Windows 8 S405 (59342927)

Pros: Its about the best machine I could find at the four hundred dollar price mark for a sub 4lb laptop. There is nothing great about this laptop, its pretty basic, but it has nice features to it, such as the ability to add an mSata drive, the keyboard is easy to learn and well balanced, The touchpad is expansive and programmable.

Cons: Single Channel memory, there is only one slot and since, kind of defeats the purpose of the trinity graphics config. The screen isn't very bright but it actually makes it easier tread text, like the ereaders.

Overall Review: This machine is very basic and cheap, which makes it a good candidate for a college student, particularly because they get stolen some times. If you are looking for simple functionality in a lighter laptop. I did a good deal of research, this is the best I could come up with at this time.

Most Critical Review

Failed Product, Doesn't work for Long

ORICO 5 Bay Hard Drive Enclosure Full Aluminum Type-C USB 3.1 Gen2 (10Gbp/s)  2.5/3.5 inch HDD SSD for Enterprise Class Data Storage, Support Daisy Chain 3559C3
ORICO 5 Bay Hard Drive Enclosure Full Aluminum Type-C USB 3.1 Gen2 (10Gbp/s) 2.5/3.5 inch HDD SSD for Enterprise Class Data Storage, Support Daisy Chain 3559C3

Pros: Lots of Drive Slots

Cons: -Had to fight to get this to work on Linux using ZFS, doesn't show all of the information for all of the drives so had to identify the drives when creating the pool using dev/sda etc... -Wouldn't work with the onboard USB 3 Controller -Windows 11 was working for about 3 weeks and now one of the drives doesn't come up, works on my single usb to sata adapter that I have sitting next to it. -Windows 11 drives disappear and remap for no reason while the computer is on.

Overall Review: -A bridge too far for this one, this is a product that is used for persistent storage and needs to work more consistently than the manufacturing quality can provide for.

Good Product

Thermaltake AC0031 USB 3.0 Support MS Slot, CF Slot, SD Slot,Extreme Slot, Micro SD Slot, M2 Port Multi-Card Reader
Thermaltake AC0031 USB 3.0 Support MS Slot, CF Slot, SD Slot,Extreme Slot, Micro SD Slot, M2 Port Multi-Card Reader

Pros: everything worked, good assortment of connectivity options

Cons: Each of the USB 3 ports in the front requires its own USB Connector, there is one internal and one external connector provided. It would have made more sense to me to put them both on the same bus with a single internal connection.

Overall Review: good product for the price

Great performance for the price

ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 570 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card RX570 4G
ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 570 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card RX570 4G

Pros: Card was pretty cheap, quiet, works well.

Overall Review: I would recommend.