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Deborah N.

Deborah N.

Joined on 12/10/01

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Most Favorable Review

Stop the madness!

Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Ok, compared to normal mechanical drives, this is the king! Nothing surprising there. Compare it to all "drives" out there, SSD and HDD and this is a joke at the price. This drive will get beat by a 99.00 SSD drive any day of the week. Considering this is the best HDD the world has to offer a little small consumer like myself, I think its time for a price drop.

Cons: Other than new tech pushing this to the background and the price remaining the same, none.

Overall Review: I have to admit these drives are much less likely to be a hassle than SSD drives. You also don't have to worry about indexing, cache and things like superfetch as you do with SSD drives. Plug this drive in and you're ready to go with good performance. I just think this drive should cost 99.00 to match those 99.00 SSD drives that out perform this one. I think 2010 is the year of the SSD. When the bottom of the barrel SSD outperforms the top end HDD, its time for a change, big time.

Most Critical Review

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DoubleSight 24" WUXGA LCD Monitor with 4-port USB Hub and Height / Pivot Adjustments 5ms (GTG) D-Sub, DVI DS-245W
DoubleSight 24" WUXGA LCD Monitor with 4-port USB Hub and Height / Pivot Adjustments 5ms (GTG) D-Sub, DVI DS-245W

Pros: Everything but the dead pixel in both of the monitors I bought.

Cons: 1 bright red pixel thats stuck in one and one bright pale color pixel in the other.

12/28/2007

Why do some bother?

ZEROtherm CoolMaxx 3000 Dual Fan VGA Cooler
ZEROtherm CoolMaxx 3000 Dual Fan VGA Cooler

Pros: I see far too many people making things up when they review. Making up reasons why a product is good or bad, and believing their made up reasons when it usually has nothing to do with anything. For example, this cooler is bad because it doesn't cover the entire PCB. Wow, it takes about 10 seconds of learning VGA cooling to know that you only need to cool the die, memory and vrm's. You are NOT cooling the PCB, case air flow can handle that. So why dock eggs on a great product because of something you made up, believed and are completely wrong? You shouldn't be overclocking if you believe things like that, either.

Cons: None. Works as advertised, lose about 15-20c depending on room/case temps. Easy installation compared to some heatsinks I've used in the past.

Overall Review: There are a lot of people coming into the PC enthusiast market. Far too many are ill-informed, rush, have no patience, do not want to learn, do not understand what they are doing and/or how complex and interdependent ones skills must be to fully complete a build, maintain and tweak it properly for optimal performance based on use. I find it sad when people RMA products, driving up costs for everyone because of things they made up in their head, or complete lack of knowledge/understanding. Things like this wouldn't be tolerated in this field 10-12 years ago when people who bought components REALLY knew what they were getting into, and spent the day/night researching and reading for a maximum understanding. Today there is too much "I want it NOW!" people rush and make errors and blame everyone but themselves. I've seen this industry fall apart from these impatient people who really do not want to learn the ins and outs.

Sony Walkman "S Series" 16GB MP3/MP4 Player NWZ-S545, Red
Sony Walkman "S Series" 16GB MP3/MP4 Player NWZ-S545, Red

Pros: Excellent build quality, GREAT FM recording feature! Love it! Nice space, all around great fun to have. Beats the Ipods!

Cons: None!

Overall Review: To the person a few reviews below. You must not understand this product. Its an MP3/MP4 player, you gave it only 3 eggs, but in your review you clearly stated you do not use it for music. SO WHY BUY A MUSIC PLAYER AND THEN GIVE A BAD REVIEW? Thats YOUR fault not the player. Video playback is just an added cool feature, its NOT MEANT to be your video player. Get a clue. So sick of people on this site giving horrible reviews and wrecking a products reputation because of your own lack of knowledge. Wow, you want video? BUY A VIDEO PLAYER. Makes sense doesn't it? Gosh! Where have all the intelligent people gone!?

WD WD VelociRaptor WD3000GLFSRTL 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Retail
WD WD VelociRaptor WD3000GLFSRTL 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Retail

Pros: Don't listen to the liars who work for other companies spreading rumors and lies about this drive. Certainly don't listen to the "high tech knowledge" guys who actually rely on WINDOWS EXPERIENCE to test and bench their drive. Thats like trying to guess how a car feels and drives just by standing next to it and pretending. Seriously, if you think Windows Experience means ANYTHING you need to give up building PC's because you haven't a clue.

Cons: NONE.

Overall Review: Sure SSD drives are faster, but we are talking MILLISECONDS. If you notice milliseconds, you are freakin' super human and most likely a robot. People who flip out and talk trash all the time haven't a clue about PCs, and actually are tricked into believing the hype. MILLISECONDS, that means its impossible to notice, we're talking less than a half second of time at MOST. Its not possible to be that impatient. Also, SSD drives are unreliable, easily breakable, performance DEGRADES (does not happen to mechanical drives), also you cannot use a pagefile, superfetch, indexing, search, ect. SSD drives are a joke, and the mechanical drives actually beat SSD drives in a few benchmarks with various tests. You want to RMA all the time? Go SSD. If you want the best warranty in the market, and a drive that WILL LAST OVER 4 YEARS EASILY, then get the V.Raptor. I've had 36, 74, 150 and 300 GB raptors and v.raptors. Not one has died, one is from 2003-2004, still flawless.

Saitek Eclipse II Illuminated Keyboard
Saitek Eclipse II Illuminated Keyboard

Pros: I have no idea since I can't seem to ever find it in stock. I've been waiting for over a month. It comes down to this or Eclipse w/ Red backlight. I have the red one now, but I want to replace it or get Eclipse II. BOTH have been out of stock for over a month now, and the ETA keeps coming and going. I wait all day when the ETA says it should be in, checking all day long and it never comes in.

Cons: I have no clue! I'll let you know in ten years when it gets in stock.

Overall Review: Whats going on? Why does the universe hate me? Anything I want to buy here is ALWAYS out of stock, but everything else is always in stock. Look at all the saitek keyboards in stock, but the only two I want have been out of stock for a month or longer. So I have to ask, why are they doing this to me? Just let me buy my darn keyboard already!