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Justin M.

Justin M.

Joined on 06/14/04

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Most Favorable Review

Best Netbook out there! really.

MSI Wind U100-641US Black Intel Atom N270(1.60 GHz) 10.0" WSVGA 1GB Memory 160GB HDD Netbook
MSI Wind U100-641US Black Intel Atom N270(1.60 GHz) 10.0" WSVGA 1GB Memory 160GB HDD Netbook

Pros: The MSI DHC is awesome (only works with newest BIOS, it is MSI SUPPORTED!). It auto-un-over-clocks (lol) itself when you are not on AC power which I actually like because it is fast enough on its own for basic usage. Photo Editting seems to work pretty well. I haven't even gotten the 2 gig stick of RAM yet so I am clocked 25% up on the stock RAM. I did update the BIOS and that went perfectly. Some of the reviews complained about the touch pad but it is better than I expected. It boots in seconds and came with minimal garbage that needed uninstalling. I just shared the DVD drive of my desktop and used that over the network to install stuff. I can't hear the fan at all and it produces very little heat compared to our Acer. The battery life is good for 3 cells, acceptable for my use. It does have Bluetooth, I didn't even see that in the Newegg add. Build quality is MUCH better than I expected. Very sturdy and solid but still light. Excellent product.

Cons: The laptop is a little thicker than I expected but just barely. The touch pad cannot scroll at all, its ok, but i do miss it. Twice so far I have accidentally touched the touch pad and my cursor has jumped to where the mouse was but i do that every so often on my other laptop too. The cntrl and fnc keys are swapped from what they should be but its not so bad.

Overall Review: Touch typing is acceptable. I am doing it right now. I actually like the keyboard a lot more than some other small keyboards I have used. Overall A, very happy with my purchase. Scrolling, wireless N and a few tiny keyboard tweaks would have made it an A+.

Totally Worth it!

Soleus Air CFM-25 25 Pint Dehumidifier White
Soleus Air CFM-25 25 Pint Dehumidifier White

Pros: So there are a lot of humidifiers out there and very few reviews. This one works. It works well, it is quiet and it is cheaper than most. That should be about enough to buy it, but if not, it has a drain plug, a bucket full auto-shutoff, humidity sensor shutoff and pulls a lot of water out of the air.

Cons: A little bit ugly and there is no actual humidistat read-out. Also the bucket is a little hard to empty and remove from the unit without spilling a little, it is in the basement and I am installing a drain hose so I don't really care about that.

Overall Review: Filled the bucket 3 times in one day, basement is much more pleasant now, I reccomend this to anyone looking. If you think you might need a dehumidifier, you do, and you will be shocked at how much water comes out of the air, especially in the basement.

Quality Stuff

CORSAIR 2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Laptop Memory Model VS2GSDS667D2
CORSAIR 2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Laptop Memory Model VS2GSDS667D2

Pros: I used this as a better quality memory upgrade to my MSI Wind U100. You have to disable the on board RAM to use this chip (BTW). Works great at the un-changeable default MSI wind ram timings of 4-4-12. MSI Supported OC up to 25% on the MSI Wind brings it up to what this RAM is rated for and the performance is great for a netbook.

Cons: Lame packaging, felt cheap. Newegg shipping was much slower than normal this time, took like 6 business days.