Joined on 08/28/06
Great Switch
Pros: Great Switch and absolutley no issues! Plugged in and hooked up 2 days after ordering it and still running smooth. NO REBOOTS! IF YOU WANT TO STREAM HD CONTENT, THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT!!
Cons: No management, but for the price what do you expect.
Overall Review: GREAT product HP!
DO NOT BUY
Pros: None.
Cons: this splitter literally splits the sound, reducing the volume by half. I connected this to my IPAD3 and the volume was reduced by half, even with only 1 headphone plugged in, when I connected the second set it was the same. with the volume on the IPAD and the splitter turned all the way up, the voices were near impossible to hear. I bought the iLuv splitter with volume controls and it works perfectly, and it's even powerful enough to hear the voices on a movie on the airplane, which was impossible with the Monster splitter.
Junk.
Pros: in theory
Cons: -Lots of Updates -Lots of Application Updates -Lots of lost Data
Overall Review: -would not recommend Device worked OK, when it works, I have put 2 different types of HD's in this machine and none have lasted 4 months. eventually the device shows no storage capacity and will not recognize the HD's when you remove the HD's they don't work anywhere else, so your data is lost. Then you format the drives and they work I stuck them in my old HP home server and they are up and working perfectly for over a year now. 2- WD Red 3TB HD's, and 2- Seagate 2TBNAS drives. all 4 drives have done this, but yet all 4 are in my HP server running strong! This device doesn't work well at all.. don't waste your money.
buy just to get 8.1
Pros: the free upgrade to 8.1!! Well worth it to get to 8.1 which is a great operating system, with the ability to customize it. What my family loves about windows 8, the ability to keep the desktop clean but quickly access your apps. everything is stored in metro and kept off the screen.
Cons: again, waiting on some drivers and such, which most work now. Paying for these every other year! should be a buy 2 get 3rd free or something!!.. I also have a MAC, that update was $20!!
Overall Review: If you have a windows machine, windows 8 is a worthy update. YES it takes a little getting used to, but all the tools are still there. 8.1 put the windows button back, if you don't have it on your keyboard, also, right click it!! commonly used quick access items are right there!
Decent SSD Drive bay..stupid construction
Pros: Great little drive bay, can hold 2 SSD's in a standard drive bay. Appears to fit almost anything.
Cons: They set the drive bays directly on top of each other! Really.... You couldn't offset one drive from the other. If you've every worked on a computer you know that the Sata cables on Almost EVERY computer come out in a 90 degree angle, which in this case makes the second drive bay useless in this case. So if you want a single SSD drive bay, this is great!! Or buy another SATA cable that isn't a 90...
Overall Review: I expected more from Icy Dock...... Like a sata cable that wasn't a 90 to correct this issue,,, or offset the bottom side of the bracket, putting the extra space on the opposite side.
Very disappointed. NON HD HTPC
Pros: Small compact PC, for NON HD video!
Cons: Will not stream HD... Yes plays normal netflix, but will not stream ITunes HD, nor Zune.
Overall Review: I added an external USB 1 gig network card and still won't stream HD, video processor is not built for this, and the fact that they advertise this as a HTPC, is wrong.. NON HD HTPC