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William S.

William S.

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Most Favorable Review

fast and reliable

LINKSYS EG008W Gigabit Workgroup Switch
LINKSYS EG008W Gigabit Workgroup Switch

Pros: fast, reliable, lots of ports

Cons: none

Overall Review: have had switches in the past that needed restarts or didn't have good performance. this switch put reliable faster than my drive can output speed throughout my whole house. with 8 ports I was able to put a GB link in each room of the house and never look back at 100 mb or wireless again. completely recommend this switch

10/29/2010
Most Critical Review

good in past

Asus Transformer Pad TF300 TF300T Screen Protector
Asus Transformer Pad TF300 TF300T Screen Protector

Pros: easy to buy from newegg

Cons: difficult to handle, too thick, static prone, attracts dust and would not let bubbles go away

Overall Review: this same screen worked fine for small phone, but this larger one for tablet was unusable and would not recommend. the film caused problems with touch and function.

clean and clear but lacking

ASUS VH242H Black 23.6" 5ms HDMI Full 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 ASCR 20000:1 (1000:1) W/Speakers
ASUS VH242H Black 23.6" 5ms HDMI Full 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 ASCR 20000:1 (1000:1) W/Speakers

Pros: The picture is nice and clean and the size is great. No eye strain detected with an average time of 1-2 hrs viewing.

Cons: Why put speakers on if they really are so cheap the sound is not usable. Fixed stand with no adjust is fine for the price but not nice. Edge or trim is really wide and strange shaped.

Overall Review: I put two together to replace two older fixed height screens thinking it would be great to get more pixel space and I am still not sure the price is right for the cons I listed. If I had to go about it again I would likely look for smaller edge for sure and adjustable stand if affordable.

works but could be better

SONY 8X DVD Multi Writer 8X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 8X DVD-ROM 24X CD-R 24X CD-RW 24X CD-ROM Black Slim SATA Model AD-7700S
SONY 8X DVD Multi Writer 8X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 8X DVD-ROM 24X CD-R 24X CD-RW 24X CD-ROM Black Slim SATA Model AD-7700S

Pros: good speed and reliable

Cons: kind of flimbsy so that when installed the door only closes by pushing on one side of the drive. in addition the disk sort of catches many times and you have to be very careful while inserting

Overall Review: this drive sits in a media PC that is more internet driven than CD/DVD driven, so if you are more DVD driven it might not be the best solution. I could easily get more irritated if I had to put in disks more often. the occasional insert doesn't seem to boil my blood too much. not sure there is better out there for strength, but should be since I have had better in laptops. I have also had worse on laptops and so I am not sure what is better or price and reliability. if I had a choice again I might see if paying a little more got a better drive.

10/29/2010

ok but could be better

nMEDIAPC HTPCKB-B Black 2.4GHz RF Wireless Streamlined Keyboard with Track Ball & Remote Combo Set
nMEDIAPC HTPCKB-B Black 2.4GHz RF Wireless Streamlined Keyboard with Track Ball & Remote Combo Set

Pros: portable and long lasting batteries for my media PC, not sure if it was used for more typing and business use. seems to work ok for my media pc to play movies or surf a little on the internet.

Cons: the track ball works well, but still not as accurate as a mouse. often find myself spending more time navigating poorly with trackball than I enjoy. often times if you are just at limit of range the keys skip and your typing is not complete. the range is like 10 ft for me

Overall Review: originally I got this drive and had some mysterious problem that was solved with a replacement. the replacement had the same problem and it turned out the default was the num lock was putting numbers on the keyboard. I touch type so I never looked at the keyboard to notice they stuck numbers all over it and the normal alpha keys acted double as numbers too. also, this keyboard is likely not secure, but not really to worry since the range is like 10 ft, so I doubt at home it would be an issue of someone being able to snoop.

10/29/2010

Awesome drive

Western Digital AV-GP WD10EVDS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal AV Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EVDS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal AV Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: quiet and reliable so far

Cons: little slower than other drives but not enough to make it a bad drive. the quiet reliability is way better than saving a few seconds for my needs.

Overall Review: for the moment this is a big data drive and not a gaming or performance needed drive. data always grows bigger and more speed is needed, but for the moment the speed to size ratio seems reasonable to me. would recommend this drive for anyone needing backup or more drive storage.

10/29/2010