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DAVID H.

DAVID H.

Joined on 05/31/03

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Most Favorable Review

Much faster than a mechanical drive

Team Group CX2 2.5" 512GB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253X6512G0C101
Team Group CX2 2.5" 512GB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253X6512G0C101

Pros: Speed.

Cons: I have been cloning mechanical drives to SSD drives for several years now and would caution anyone going to a SSD drive to be sure to back up their important data. I have had other brands of SSD's fail and then not be able to obtain any data from them. With defective mechanical drives, most of the time the data and other information could still be accessed.

Overall Review: I cloned a Western Digital WD5000AAKX drive to this Team Group CX2 512GB SSD. Running Windows 7 Pro, the old drive would take about 3 minutes to boot to desktop and about 33 seconds to open the Google Chrome browser. (By the way, it was slower than that before I cleaned it up with Malwarebytes and Ccleaner.) The cloned CX2 drive now boots up in about 20 seconds and only takes about 4 seconds to open Google Chrome. Also the old drive took a couple of minutes to shut down and the new one does it in about 8 seconds. Side note: I used the free version of Macrium Reflect 7 to clone the drives.

Most Critical Review

Would not work with Windows 10

Mini USB WiFi Adapter for PC Desktop 802.11AC 1300Mbps Dual Band 5G/2.4G Network Adapters WiFi USB 3.0 Wi-Fi Dongle for Windows 7/8/10 Mac OS X 10.9-10.15
Mini USB WiFi Adapter for PC Desktop 802.11AC 1300Mbps Dual Band 5G/2.4G Network Adapters WiFi USB 3.0 Wi-Fi Dongle for Windows 7/8/10 Mac OS X 10.9-10.15

Pros: Sometimes it would find my wireless network, but it would never connect.

Cons: Would not work with Windows 10

Overall Review: Not sure if it will work with Windows 7 or 8, but I tried it on two different Windows 10 computers, and it would not connect.

Got better

Rosewill Wireless Optical Computer Mouse, Compact, Travel Friendly, Office Style, Adjustable DPI, 4 Buttons, USB - Black
Rosewill Wireless Optical Computer Mouse, Compact, Travel Friendly, Office Style, Adjustable DPI, 4 Buttons, USB - Black

Pros: Cheap.

Cons: Sluggish with Windows 10 machine.

Overall Review: When I first plugged this in to my Windows 10 machine, the response was very slow (almost unusable) and I planned to return it. But after being plugged in for about a day, it got much better and was usable. So I plan to keep it. I have used many wireless mice over the years and I have never had one be this sluggish when first plugged in. But like I said earlier, it got better with time. Because of this problem, I would not recommend it.

Great phone for the price

LG G Flex 2 H950 - 32GB AT&T ATT Unlocked International Curved 4G LTE Smartphone - Black
LG G Flex 2 H950 - 32GB AT&T ATT Unlocked International Curved 4G LTE Smartphone - Black

Pros: Great price. Seems pretty fast. No problem with wifi or bluetooth. Larger screen & newer technology than my Samsung Galaxy S4.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Was using a Samsung Galaxy S4 that I paid over $400 at AT&T, but the wifi kept disconnecting, so I decided to try this phone. My wife's Galaxy S4 has no problems with wifi.

11/28/2015

Lite-On burner

LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner with LightScribe
LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner with LightScribe

Pros: This is my 2nd Lite-On burner with LightScribe. Both have been faster than the Lite-On's that I have had without LightScribe. The CD'R's they produce have been more easily read and played on my Bose system.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Would recommend.