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Dan S.

Dan S.

Joined on 02/29/04

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Most Favorable Review

Best for Windows XP

ESET Smart Security 6 - 1 PC
ESET Smart Security 6 - 1 PC

Pros: Mostly written in Assembly Language so fast and light compared to competition. I upgraded to V6 recently from V5 with no problems and NO LOSS OF PERFORMANCE on Windows XP SP3 (my only Windows machine). Very advanced rule config for the knowledgeable. Very intuitive GUI. I have used ESET since V4 when the usual AV vendors hurt performance too much and let thru many test virus sigs. I periodically test its against those others (old IT pro) and it always comes out far ahead.

Cons: Relatively expensive but you get what you pay for. US Sales support needs improvement.

Overall Review: If you want to stay with WinXP for whatever reason as MS retires it, you would do well to install ESET to protect the machine.

Most Critical Review

Died After 2.5 Months

Titan Aluminum Notebook Cooling Pad TTC-G4TZ
Titan Aluminum Notebook Cooling Pad TTC-G4TZ

Pros: Cools well, especially when watching videos. Low noise and power.

Cons: Mine died after 2.5 months.

Overall Review: I am attempting to get resolution from Titan directly to see if the warranty is honored.

Decent but

NETGEAR MCAB1001-100NAS MoCA Coax-Ethernet Adapter Kit 270 Mbps
NETGEAR MCAB1001-100NAS MoCA Coax-Ethernet Adapter Kit 270 Mbps

Pros: Works as advertised. Easy install.

Cons: No encryption of data. Risk data could leak out of house on coax. You can enable handshake encryption only from console via USB so that only those MoCA devices talk to each other.

Overall Review: Why do no MoCA adapter vendors have encryption? Also, note that this is a layer 2 device and therefore has no ip address.

12/23/2010

Good bang/buck

QNAP TS-219P-US Diskless System Turbo NAS with iSCSI for SOHO and Home Users
QNAP TS-219P-US Diskless System Turbo NAS with iSCSI for SOHO and Home Users

Pros: Slick hot-plug RAID1. Alerting, re-build, has all tested OK multiple times. In RAID1 with both drives GOOD, unplugging one hot is a good way to test (after backup of course). Device with good drives is quiet and power friendly.

Cons: Not widely available in USA. No data on long term reliability of device.

Overall Review: All in all the device delivers in its promise.

2nd One - One fan dead!

Titan Aluminum Notebook Cooling Pad TTC-G4TZ
Titan Aluminum Notebook Cooling Pad TTC-G4TZ

Pros: Design is good.

Cons: I received a NEW replacement G4 Magic Pad from Evercool for the one that stopped working after a month of use. Not more than 3 days later one fan stopped working on the replacement unit. This cooling pad has some serious design issue so I cannot recommend it, though its intent is great and it works well when it all works. Alas, quality is not there. Look elsewhere.

Overall Review: Too bad this one is so poor quality. It is like a good athlete that keeps getting injury. Cut your losses.