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Ray J.

Ray J.

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Most Favorable Review

Wife loves it!

TOSHIBA NB205-N313/P Posh Pink Intel Atom N280(1.66 GHz) 10.1" WSVGA 1GB Memory 160GB HDD Netbook
TOSHIBA NB205-N313/P Posh Pink Intel Atom N280(1.66 GHz) 10.1" WSVGA 1GB Memory 160GB HDD Netbook

Pros: So far so good, others have mentioned little problems, none have shown up here, knock on wood. I wanted to get a pink one for my wife, and one that had great battery life, and was running the latest netbook processor, so this one fit the bill. Before I even gave it to her for Christmas I upped the ram to 2GB and installed Win 7 Ultimate x64, its running like a charm. She uses it mostly for web surfing and Word documents, it goes those well, but it has also played videos quite well in addition.

Cons: Price is now down $100 already, barely a month after purchasing!

Most Critical Review

Open box version not so good!

Gateway Desktop PC DX Series DT.GE3AA.001 (DX4380G-UW308) AMD A6-5400K 6GB DDR3 1TB HDD AMD Radeon HD 7540D Windows 8
Gateway Desktop PC DX Series DT.GE3AA.001 (DX4380G-UW308) AMD A6-5400K 6GB DDR3 1TB HDD AMD Radeon HD 7540D Windows 8

Pros: Price

Cons: Missing RAM, OS not returned to stock

Overall Review: Bought the open box version of this since the price was right. First off, the packaging was not great, the foam that is supposed to hold it in place was flimsy, and was not really protecting it well. Second, was missing 2gb of RAM that was supposed to be in there. Third, the OS was still set up with the previous users info, not sure what, if any software was messed with or not, but did a factory reset and now all set. Well, would have been all set if the power supply had not died in less than a week. Windows 8 does suck also, but I can work with that.

Died in 2 years

XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade: 2TB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe 3D NAND Internal Gaming SSD (AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS)
XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade: 2TB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe 3D NAND Internal Gaming SSD (AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS)

Pros: No pro. Maybe at the time was slightly cheaper than other named brands

Cons: Died in 2 years. Luckily had everything on the drive backed up so didn't lose any data.

Overall Review: Would not recommend. I have a few different brand NVME drives, some have been in used for a lot longer than this one. None of the others have given me issues. Will be steering clear of this brand going forward. Emailed the seller to try and get warranty service, no reply. Tried setting up account on ADATA website, never get the confirmation email. Done with this comapny.

Great little camera

Canon ELPH 520 HS Blue 10.1 MP 12X Optical Zoom 28mm Wide Angle Digital Camera HDTV Output
Canon ELPH 520 HS Blue 10.1 MP 12X Optical Zoom 28mm Wide Angle Digital Camera HDTV Output

Pros: Good size, well constructed camera. Takes nice pictures and videos. Dark shots are about on par with other subcompact cameras. Longer zoom than most subcompacts as well.

Cons: This is mainly a camera I keep in the car and use when I dont feel like lugging my DSLR around. It is a lot slower than a DSLR, but I guess I cannot really call that a con, just the way it is. I guess my con would be that the case gets smudged with fingerprints a little more often than most cameras.

Overall Review: Decent for a compact point and shoot. Takes good pictures. I would not expect to see super amazing pictures from a very small for factor camera. That is what my DSLR is for. I replaced an SD780IS with this, and I am definitely happy with the upgrade.

Cheap antennas!

ASUS RT-N66U N900 Dual-Band WiFi Gigabit Router
ASUS RT-N66U N900 Dual-Band WiFi Gigabit Router

Pros: It looks nice.

Cons: Well I am 30 seconds out of the box, and one of the antennas rokes as I was attaching it to the router. Cheap garbage. Mind you I was not forceful, was not cross threading, nothing. Simply an gently screwing the antenna on and it comes apart. I called Asus figuring maybe they would just send me an antenna and I would run it with 2 in the meantime. Nope. Can't believe they would not have a pile of antennas somewhere to send one out. Have to return the thing and get a new one. Newegg was great, Asus, pffft.

Not reliable at all!

D-Link Wireless 8-Port Router (DIR-632), N300, Fast Ethernet, USB SharePort
D-Link Wireless 8-Port Router (DIR-632), N300, Fast Ethernet, USB SharePort

Pros: 8 wired ports, decent wireless range

Cons: Loses internet and wireless connection far too often

Overall Review: Used the factory firmware for a while, drops wireless connections quite often, and loses complete internet connection far too often. Tried DD-WRT, still losing internet connection with that on occasion also. Time to return, need a more reliable router.

10/28/2012