Joined on 10/20/03
AMD makes a great processor

Pros: AMD has the best price to performance processors in the market period. Never had a AMD processor go bad in 15 years. Even overclocked and overheated with burn marks on the chip and still ran when returned to stock clock.
Cons: NONE
Overall Review: I don't buy Intel any more for any reason except for very high end clustered servers, and that is just to keep the continuity of the server rooms Dell/Intel. Maybe for a price is no consideration gaming build for a rich clients kid that insists, but other wise you cant beat the price/performance of AMD
Pass on this nightmare...

Pros: Sets up easy if you have a good wireless technology background.
Cons: Loses connectivity to wireless gateway and must be "reset" at lease once a week or every other day. Ranges are very poor.
Overall Review: I have gone thru 3 of these and spent over 4 hrs with tech support (tech support is knowledgeable at least). I kept trying to make it work because it was for a good customer. Some acknowledged problems are; locks out of configuration and needs to be un-plugged (no reset button) for 12 hrs to lose bad config. Loses connectivity and requires a unplug (albeit for 15 sec) to reacquire network. Either of these "known" problems make the product useless in my situation and it is a shame because it is exactly what I need and don't have an alternate product.
Fast printing Slow scanning

Pros: Very fast first page out on prints, easy to manage with Web based console. You can even download the driver from the printer to the pc from the web console.
Cons: EXTREMELY slow scans. I replaced a Brother MFC that was 7 years old and it was about 3-4 times faster scanning. I tried direct via usb and over the network. I tried HP, Paperport and Microsoft scanning software, makes no difference. I upgraded the firmware and the driver. nada. Click scan or preview and go make a sandwich. Takes 32s before printer acknowledge request and 30s for the preview then about 25s for the scan. Skip the preview and you are still talking about 1 min / page. B&W color the same. Also other pet peeve the flatbed has to be opened all the way 90deg and has nothing holding it. The 7 yr old Brother had a support arm that locked at 45&90 deg and held it open this will just drop and crash down if not held or moved all the way up to 90deg.
Overall Review: Over all a nice unit but since I scan a lot it really is a PITA.
Good for a very basic build

Pros: Cheap, and comes with a power supply. Simple, cheap, little case for a secondary, non important computer build.
Cons: PS blew up and literally smoked on day 5. To RMA I assume I would have to un-build and ship back the whole case, which is time/cost prohibitive. Ordered a new good power supply, hopefully it didn't damage any components when it blew.
Overall Review: The PS is basically a gamble with poor components and no voltage protection. Who knows, some of them may last years plugged into a good surge suppressor, but you may be better off just buying a decent PS and a case separately.
Works Great!

Pros: Pre-Charged ready to go.
Cons: None yet
Overall Review: Great UPS for the price! Get it on sale and or w free shipping.
Click of death from fist spin

Pros: Fast, quiet, cool
Cons: Made 3 clicks the very first time it started up and almost every time since. I figured I would install the os and copy my saved data over anyhow. I keep all my data on other drives. Seagate obviously has an issue with these drives and is not recalling them. Too bad. They used to be the most expensive but most reliable drives, now they are just the most expensive.