Pros: It's nice and compact, very simple nothing fancy about it. The casing doesn't seem cheap or flimsy. It's made to be laid flat; however, because if its shape, you can easily stand it up on its side without it toppling over. The only indicator that the drive is "on" is a tiny blue led on the top of the unit, which blinks when the drive is in use. You probably wouldn't be able to see it until it's plugged in and on. Use is simple plug and play. No additional drivers needed (for Windows 7). At USB 3.0, I got transfer speeds averaging 188MB/s write and 167MB/s read.

Cons: This drive is only 5900RPM. Venting is only on the bottom of the unit, so it gets a bit warm when it's been working for a while.

Overall Review: I also tested it as an internal drive for Windows 7. The drive is a Barracuda. It doesn't say on the drive but it has the same model number. Reading the reviews made me wonder if this drive was going to behave differently. This drive is absolutely no different than any other terabyte drive. The most important thing to remember is that any drive larger than 2TB MUST be converted to a GPT disk; otherwise, you will not be able to use the full capacity of the drive. I went into Computer Management. The operating system saw 1 raw partition and 2 unallocated partitions. I deleted the raw partition. There was now 3 unallocated partitions. Size of the partitions didn't matter at this point. I then right-clicked on the drive itself and selected "Convert to GPT Disk". In a couple of seconds, a 5TB unallocated partition was created. I quick-formatted the partition and the drive was ready to go, with full drive capacity. I got transfer speeds averaging 185MB/s write and 165MB/s read. No read/write errors whatsoever. I'm glad I trusted my own instincts and made the purchase. I now have an extra 5TB to use for my HTPC.

Pros: stylish design Ethernet port included Simultaneous dual band option 802.11ac standard 3 internal antenna The Quick Wizard setup was definitely quick and easy. The web interface has the familiar TP-Link GUI and options. When plugged in several feet from the router, its signal strength was at 100%. At that signal strength, my device's connection speed was at 300Mbps. When plugged in one story down from the router, its signal strength was at 45%. At that signal strength, my device's connection speed fluctuated at around 60Mbps.

Cons: My router is a dual band router, but it only broadcasts one or the other, not simultaneously. The RE200 states that "Each band has one CPU. In Single Band Mode, both CPUs are used for the single band communication. Thus, High Speed Single Band Modes are twice as fast as Dual Band Mode". In order to set up the High Speed Single Band Mode, you connect the RE200 to the router or AP using one band, then connect your devices using the other band. Since my router can only broadcast one band at a time, I couldn't take advantage of this feature, which was very disappointing. Since I can only select one band at a time, my router is set to the 2.4GHz band. The RE200 web interface displays the 5GHz band status as if it were connected (status, SSID, network, etc), even though on the same page in a different section, it says it's disconnected. There is also no way of disabling or hiding the band I'm not using. It will broadcast the SSID even if it's not connected to any network. I tried to connect to it just to see what would happen, using the same username and password as the 2.4GHz band, and sure enough, I was connected. I'm not sure if this was by design or a bug, but it's a bit misleading to have a band broadcast when that band is not being used. I had to factory reset several times to run my tests, and no matter which browser I used (IE and FireFox), when trying to log onto the RE200, I didn't always get the login popup window which was incredibly frustrating. But my biggest issue was that the RE200 CHANGES the mac address for any device connected to it. This is a BIG problem because I use mac filtering. My intended purpose for the RE200 is to extend my wireless network (it has the same SSID as my router's wireless network), so that my devices seemlessly hops onto the RE200 network when it's about to hit a dead zone. Having this setup and mac filtering, I would literally have to add ALL the mac addresses that the RE200 creates, which means I would have 2 mac addresses for each device. Keep in mind when I did my testing, I also tried using a different SSID than my router. I even tried a completely different router. Results were the same. I emailed TP-Link about this. They responded by saying that this was by design.

Overall Review: I like TP-Link products, but this one fell short in a lot of ways. I have several models of their range extenders and this one is by far the worst one. Even the web interface has a lot less options to choose from. Hopefully, they will come out with a firmware update that will fix these issues.

Pros: I've been using the full version of Photoshop for years, and going to the Elements version takes a bit of getting used to. Things are in different places so it takes a bit to figure out where things are. I like that it includes a guided mode, which gives you step by step instructions on functions you're not familiar with and makes it easy to figure out. If you know what you're doing, they have an advanced mode that looks very similar to the full version of Photoshop. I haven't found anything that I do on the full version of Photoshop that I can't do in this version. I'm not familiar at all with Premiere, so everything is new to me. But the software is very similar to Photoshop, in that it includes a guided and advanced mode so you can pick which one suits you best.

Overall Review: I don't use the full version of Photoshop to its full potential, so this version is perfect for what I want to do.

Pros: The product just came with a business-sized card that contained the instructions and product key. Installation was fast and simple. I had to enter my credit card info, but once I signed up and logged into my account, I was able to remove it and not "subscribe" to their auto renewal. Software includes security for 5 devices, including PC, Android and iOS devices. It provides VPN for all your devices, which is a great feature to have. The Dark Web monitoring feature is also very useful and gives you peace of mind. It tracks your personal info (email, bank accts, etc) and sends you alerts where your info may have been exposed. The software also tracks company breaches and alerts you. Just some of the many USEFUL features it provides.

Overall Review: I think this is still one of the best antivirus software out there. And it doesn't take up that much of my resources at all. Plus all the extra features you get makes it all worth it.

Pros: These are my very first pair of earbuds and they're pretty slick looking. A bit heavy for such a tiny thing though. Not sure if this is normal. Nice case that lights up when you open it, that tells you how much battery is left on the earbuds. Also tells you how much battery is left of the charging case.

Cons: Instructions aren't very good, there's not very much detail or explanation as to what's what and how it's supposed to work. Guess I'm supposed to know all this upfront. Doesn't pair properly most of the time. Only one side pairs to the device even though I've done exactly as the instructions say. I don't like the position of the earbud buttons. They're in a spot where your fingers would touch the buttons if you wanted to get the earbuds out of the case. The earbuds are magnetized to the case, so trying to get them out by turning the case upside down won't work. Also, if you wanted to reposition them in your ear, your fingers would touch the buttons.

Overall Review: The earbuds automatically connect to each other when the case is opened. Take the earbuds out to pair with a device. Pairing with a device was a little tricky and didn't always behave the same way. I was able to pair both earbuds with a device; however, it didn't always work and only one side would pair, not both. I had to remove the earbuds from the bluetooth list several times to get both of them to work. Also, you will see both left and right earbuds in the bluetooth list. Placing the earbuds into the case doesn't turn the earbuds off. You have to close the case to turn them off and disconnect from the device. otherwise, it will continue to broadcast the device. There are buttons on each earbud, tapping it once would play/pause the music. Long pressing it would jump to previous or next song depending on which earbud you performed the action on. Pressing 2 times on the left or right earbud would change the volume up or down. It also has a Siri activation feature when you long press both left and right earbuds for 3 seconds. Overall a decent sound quality. Since these are my very first pair, I'd have to say the pairing to the device is a bit of a hassle since it doesn't pair properly most of the time. If all bluetooth ear buds are like this, I'm not sure I want to go through all the trouble.

Pros: very thin and light-weight large screen fingerprint reader microSD card reader

Cons: Battery seems to drain pretty quickly. When I first opened it up, I charged it fully. Then I unplugged it to run the setup and less than 2 hours later, I was already down to 70%.

Overall Review: First impressions: very thin and sleek looking, pretty light-weight for that size laptop SETUP: Setting up the laptop wasn't as easy as it usually is with Windows 10. Perhaps it's an updated version but I usually like to sign into my laptop or pc using a regular windows account and not have to sign into a Microsoft email account or create a new one. Yes, I'm still a bit old school and I like to sign in the way everyone used to sign into any older version of Windows. They made it very difficult to find the "Offline Account" option, which once I clicked on "sign in by phone number", they finally gave me the option to sign in with an offline account (using a Windows username and password). I chose to set up the fingerprint reader to log in, but you can choose not to set it up and just use a password or pin. FEATURES: The anti-glare screen, the fingerprint reader, and the backlit keyboard are nice pluses. The backlight can be turned on and off using the Function keys. Graphics is amazing. The laptop is extremely quiet. I can't tell where the fan is, but there are a lot of ventilation holes which helps disperse any heat. INTERNET: One floor down from where my router is located, the wireless connection speed (connection to my router) is excellent, well in the 650mbps range. My internet speed is the same as if I were wired, at just over 100mbps (my ISP provides 100mbps), which is amazing. I usually only get half that on a wireless device. OBSERVATIONS: Unlike some of the older laptops I've used, the entire touchpad is a mouse, including the bottom where the left-click and right-click buttons are located. The mouse could get a little confused. If you're hovered over an icon to click it, as you press the button, the mouse continues to move, so you may or may not "hit" your target icon. Also, I had a tough time figuring out how to scroll the page with the touchpad. I had to look at the mouse settings to find out that you use 2 fingers to scroll. Like I said, I haven't used a newer laptop in a while. The keys are a bit too tiny and compact for me to type on, but at least it has arrow keys as well as numbers and calculation keys (+-*/). I'm not crazy about the lack of led's for the caps lock and numlock keys. You can't tell if they're on or off. The power button is part of the keyboard, which I have not seen before. It's not located in its usual spot, and separated from all the other keys. The new location is easy to press by accident though, since it's in the opposite corner of the escape key. The speakers could be louder. I had to watch a video with the volume all the way up, and even though the quality sounds great, it wasn't as loud as I would like it.

rooCase for iPad: very fast shipping, product is exactly as described and cheaper than other sellers; will purchase from again

I purchased a PS3 to component video cable. Their price was good, but the shipping took over a week, and it was shipped via USPS. Not sure why it would take so long. The product was of poor quality (I got snow or squiggly lines all across the screen). I didn't bother trying to contact them since it would probably cost just as much to ship it back to them for a replacement, so I can't rate their customer service.