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Norman D.

Norman D.

Joined on 11/23/01

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Most Favorable Review

Intel® Virtualization Technology Support

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 - Core 2 Quad Yorkfield Quad-Core 2.66 GHz LGA 775 95W Processor - BX80580Q8400
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 - Core 2 Quad Yorkfield Quad-Core 2.66 GHz LGA 775 95W Processor - BX80580Q8400

Pros: Economical Intel® Virtualization Technology Support.

Cons: This item is not listed as supporting Intel® Virtualization Technology in newegg's database. The only feature that this model does not support that the newer Q9400 possesses is the Intel® Trusted Execution Technology. The Q8400 also has only 4MB of L2 Cache instead of the Q9400's 6MB L2 Cache.

Overall Review: Source: http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=38512

Most Critical Review

Fair performance

ENCORE ENLWI-N Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 PCI 2.3 Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates
ENCORE ENLWI-N Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 PCI 2.3 Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates

Pros: It works.

Cons: The signal strength is not as good as Encore's USB adapter.

Awful

BYTECC BT-2000 USB (Male) to PS2 (Female) Adapter
BYTECC BT-2000 USB (Male) to PS2 (Female) Adapter

Pros: none

Cons: Poor keyboard support

Overall Review: Try Tripp Lite

Most Reliable Mouse Out There

Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse - Black
Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse - Black

Pros: No problems of losing vertical scrolling wheel ability when using a KVM device to switch between Windows machines. No cursor or button response instabilities.

Cons: Center scroll wheel is light grey. I'd prefer a darker charcoal grey or black.

Overall Review: I ordered three. Much more reliable than a fairly new recently discarded Logitech laser mouse.

Affordable and reliable

HP J9077A Unmanaged ProCurve Switch 1400-8G
HP J9077A Unmanaged ProCurve Switch 1400-8G

Pros: Rus much cooler than several previous switches I've owned. Such a superior device is now economically priced.

Cons: none.

Overall Review: I need to buy another one because of all of the networkable hi-tech toys I've eventually acquired.

Blame router for bad performance

ENCORE ENUWI-N 802.11n Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 USB 2.0 Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates
ENCORE ENUWI-N 802.11n Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 USB 2.0 Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates

Pros: Excellent price. Short USB extension cable also included. See performance info in "Other thoughts".

Cons: Too fat to allow another device or cable connector in an adjacent USB port unless the included short extension cable is utilized.

Overall Review: This compact unit gives me one more signal strength bar than an internal three-antenna PCI wifi adapter which I have in my HTPC. I am using two of these adapters (each showing 3 bars) along with my PCI adapter (2 bars) for a total sustained bandwidth of 230 kbps. My streaming video content now does not encounter any stuttering.