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Douglas C.

Douglas C.

Joined on 12/03/04

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Most Favorable Review

Quiet and cheap...

Seagate BarraCuda 7200.10 ST380215A 80GB 7200 RPM 2MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.10 ST380215A 80GB 7200 RPM 2MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Fast, quiet, cheap, that says it all, it is also shorter than most 3.5" drives so more space for heat dissipation, but that is not a problem either as it doesn't get hot... Great value

Cons: 50% failure rate for the two that I purchased one died out of the box, and I didn't find this out until 6 months down the road, so instead of being able to get Newegg to process a return I have to go through Seagate online and pay to ship to them... Check your drives when you get them!!! Don't just stick them in a box for later use...

Overall Review: Check your drives when you get them!!!

Most Critical Review

Great phone if it had a power adapter

Northwestern Bell NWB-20270-1 Big Button with Caller ID WHITE
Northwestern Bell NWB-20270-1 Big Button with Caller ID WHITE

Pros: Big buttons, caller ID display is large, speakerphone, has tilt-up feet for angled viewing, I like the fact that it has a mute button, backlit dailpad keys are blue LED and not overly bright which is nice, you can turn off the ringer, always a plus if you have other phones in the house already

Cons: Sadly you get only basic phone functionality with the shipped unit, if you want the caller ID, speakerphone or any other 'special' functions you must either purchase 4-AA batteries or a 6-volt AC adapter, which is not mentioned on Newegg's description, why they would sell a phone this way amazes me, I would expect it to have a power adapter if it has all these great features.

Overall Review: If I have to make another purchase for a power adapter, why couldn't it just be included with the original unit and raise the cost a bit??

Great value

Crucial Ballistix 512MB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model BL6464AA804
Crucial Ballistix 512MB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model BL6464AA804

Pros: Runs very cool, fast, mobo' has no probs with this great memory :)

Cons: tight fit on my mobo with the heatsinks causing the memory to be pressed against each other (two sticks on my board)

Overall Review: Overall I have always been happy with Crucial memory, they have never let me down, this memory is being used in a mobile pc application and so the heat sinked version was a necessity. So far so good and it runs cool...

Good value

Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 - Core 2 Duo Merom Dual-Core 1.66 GHz Socket M 34W Processor - BX80537T5500
Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 - Core 2 Duo Merom Dual-Core 1.66 GHz Socket M 34W Processor - BX80537T5500

Pros: Solid Linux support, plugged it into my MSI mini-itx board and it screams! 1024MB of ram helps of course... It runs very cool with MSI-supplied heat sink, as this is a mobile pc that was important and it draws very little current as well, sweet deal!

Cons: no heat sink supplied even though this is a "boxed" cpu, whats with that Intel? They always used to supply a heatsink/fan with boxed cpu's...

Overall Review: Haven't figured out how to access the 64bit capability in Linux, oh, it also runs great in Win-2000, but didn't do much with that...

HP touchscreen, good stuff

HP RB146AA 15" L5006tm Smart Buy LCD  Touchscreen Monitor
HP RB146AA 15" L5006tm Smart Buy LCD Touchscreen Monitor

Pros: Good clear image even though its a touch screen. The touch screen works well, I plan on using this mounted to a VESA bracket in my mobile pc installation, it has a nice bright display and is clear for a VGA display

Cons: touchscreen borders are a bit tempermental, but once aligned it seems to work fine.

Overall Review: It has both a USB and RS323 interface for the touch screen, this is nice. Wish it had a 12vdc input so I wouldn't need to power it from a inverter in my mobile pc installation...

12/19/2006

Great value

Zonet ZFS3008 Ethernet Switch
Zonet ZFS3008 Ethernet Switch

Pros: Small, solid metal housing, front facing status LED's, just plain works

Cons: Would like to see one in a 24 port model...

Overall Review: You can get the plastic housing one for the same price, I wanted the metal housing to reduce radiated noise to my radio equipment and wireless eqpt...

12/19/2006