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Misha S.

Misha S.

Joined on 02/26/04

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Most Favorable Review

Surprisingly decent

Jabra Drive Bluetooth In-Car Speaker for Music and Calls Black
Jabra Drive Bluetooth In-Car Speaker for Music and Calls Black

Pros: For under 30 bucks this has been money well spent. Callers can tell a difference between being on my phone directly and this, but they only say so after I call attention to it (which is way better than when you hear "Are you on bluetooth? I can't hear anything. Go back to the handset."). Battery life is good and it *seems* to auto-sleep if unpaired long enough, but not always... sometimes I come out and it's totally dead if I forgot to turn it off, other times it still has a good charge.

Cons: There's no battery life indicator, and it's really designed to be used from the sun visor so charging while driving an be annoying (if you also want to use it). Definitely still picks up ambient noise if it's loud enough (can't have the AC/fan on full in my Subaru WRX).

Most Critical Review

BEWARE!!

SanMax CC1394-96-06-G 6 ft. 9-pin 1394B to 6-pin 1394 Cable
SanMax CC1394-96-06-G 6 ft. 9-pin 1394B to 6-pin 1394 Cable

Comments: While this cable SHOULD work in both directions (FireWire 400 device being plugged into FireWire 800 port and vice versa) it DOES NOT. If you plug a FireWire 800 device into a FireWire 400 port on your computer with this cable it will FRY your FireWire 800 device. Trust me, it fried two of my external hard drives... the moment it's plugged in there is a power surge through the cable and it will blow the FireWire bridge of the external hard drive. Nasty silicon burning smell ensues...

Silly but inexpensive

Patriot Year of the Dragon 16GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive PSF16GDRUSB
Patriot Year of the Dragon 16GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive PSF16GDRUSB

Pros: It was super cheap for the capacity at the time (after rebate), so all bueno.

Cons: Seriously, what's the point? Collect all 12 between now and 2020-something? It's unique, which is always nice, but the cap isn't attached in any way (only a matter of time before you lose it) and the squareness means it blocks adjacent ports at best (horizontally) or that you have to angle your computer or use an extension cable at worst (vertically).

Never had a bad Mushkin

Mushkin Enhanced Essentials 4GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Laptop Memory Model 991644
Mushkin Enhanced Essentials 4GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Laptop Memory Model 991644

Pros: Always perfect in all my Macs, never a dead chip.

Cons: Wish the name was actually Munshkin. ;)

Does NOT support 4TB

Rosewill RX-DU300 - 2.5" & 3.5" SATA USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station
Rosewill RX-DU300 - 2.5" & 3.5" SATA USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station

Pros: - Inexpensive - Functional

Cons: - Doesn't support 4TB (it only claims to support 3TB, but in my experience most enclosures that say 3TB work with 4TB as well, there just weren't 4TB drives out when they made the label... Mediasonic's Probox is one example) - Useless eject button; you'll just want to rip the drive out while holding the base (I have a Newer Technology dock that has a much better eject mechanism; far sturdier and requires much less force)

Overall Review: Haven't decided if I'll keep this or not. No 4TB is a bit of a problem for me, but under 20 bucks makes it almost easier to stick on a shelf for those few times in my life when I'll need a second dock (since I'm going to have to buy another to support 4TB drives).

Ugh another bad egg...

Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Cheap for the claimed size/performance.

Cons: CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK. This started a few days after I bought the drive. The same freezes/noises others report. 45 days in it's getting worse and worse. Seagate support is useless. This is happening in systems from multiple vendors, it's not an Apple issue (I have a MacBook Pro). Thankfully I have AMEX purchase protection on my side since I'm out side of Newegg's return policy and Seagate wants me to PAY for phone support and PAY to get it RMA'd. For it. I already went through the 7200.11 firmware debacle with 4 1TB drives. I'm done with Seagate for good.

11/10/2009