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Brian A.

Brian A.

Joined on 07/07/06

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review
OCZ Vertex Series 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZSSD2-1VTX120G
OCZ Vertex Series 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZSSD2-1VTX120G

Pros: Works well in a unibody macbook. Boot times are amazing. VMware brings XP out of suspension in about 5 seconds. Safari launches instantaneously and Office 2008 takes about 1 second to launch. Simply put, this is the best upgrade you can do for a mac laptop.

Cons: Still rather expensive.

Overall Review: Xbench results: Disk Test 228.54 Sequential 181.75 Uncached Write 247.94 152.23 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 153.69 86.96 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 111.37 32.59 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 401.67 201.87 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 307.77 Uncached Write 122.63 12.98 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 323.79 103.66 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 1803.77 12.78 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 833.90 154.74 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Most Critical Review

DO NOT BUY THIS DRIVE

Seagate BarraCuda 7200.11 ST31000333AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.11 ST31000333AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Nice price, if it worked.

Cons: This drive has a firmware issue which causes it to brick. Seagate is aware of the problem, but has been extremely unhelpful. Estimates put the failure rate at between 40 - 60%. I will never purchase another seagate product. DO NOT BUY THIS DRIVE. Newegg should return all of their stock and refuse to sell this drive.

Overall Review: Newegg please stop selling this drive.

Runs great

Mushkin Enhanced 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Dual Channel Kit Memory For Apple Model 976643A
Mushkin Enhanced 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Dual Channel Kit Memory For Apple Model 976643A

Pros: No problems at all. I paid a premium with the expectation that I would have no problems and that expectation was met. Installed in a unibody macbook 2.4ghz

Cons: A tad pricey.

Good Card

JATON GeForce 6200 512MB DDR2 AGP 4X/8X Low Profile Ready Graphics Card 3DFORCE6200Xe
JATON GeForce 6200 512MB DDR2 AGP 4X/8X Low Profile Ready Graphics Card 3DFORCE6200Xe

Pros: Great card for a dual monitor setup on an aging SFF pc. Includes the low-profile bracket. I fed the VGA port around the side of the bracket.

Cons: A little pricey for an old standard.