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DALE W.

DALE W.

Joined on 08/07/05

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Most Favorable Review

I like it, and I understand its limits

Acer C7 Chromebook C710-2847 11.6-inch WiFi  – Iron Gray
Acer C7 Chromebook C710-2847 11.6-inch WiFi – Iron Gray

Pros: Small, light, runs cool (cooler than any laptop I've owned.) Superfast boot. Sharp display. Not bad build quality. Excellent buy for $199. No virus vulnerability. No Windows-related sluggishness over time.

Cons: Chrome, as an OS, still needs a lot of work. File management is primitive. It's got this sizeable hard drive, but it's really best to focus on cloud storage. I like wireless mice. My 1st one (a Logitech) worked poorly. A different model Logitech works perfectly. Weakest feature of the hardware, by far, is the speakers. Their poor quality an badly located. Basically useless.

Overall Review: I have this, a good Toshiba laptop, and an iPad. I spent about 90% of my computing time on this machine. Perfect for writing (Google Docs) and for pretty much anything you can do in a browser. Most of the limits are inherent to the CHromebook concept. Just make sure you understand what you can and can't do with a Chromebook.

Most Critical Review

Two stopped working

CORSAIR Flash Voyager 1GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) CMFUSB2.0-1GB
CORSAIR Flash Voyager 1GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) CMFUSB2.0-1GB

Pros: I like the substantial rubbery body.

Cons: I've had two of these that have stopped functioning after a few months of use, in one case, and two or three weeks in the other case. Corsair offered to replace these. Happily, I had backups of the data. I'm not sure what the problem is. I've owned other thumb drives and haven't had these issues.

Stopped working with Windows 7 upgrade

LITE-ON USB Red&Black External Slim DVD/CD Writer Model Esau208-76 LightScribe Support
LITE-ON USB Red&Black External Slim DVD/CD Writer Model Esau208-76 LightScribe Support

Pros: Light, cheap. Works under Windows XP.

Cons: I used the drive to upgrade my netbook to Windows 7. Ironically, once Win 7 was loaded, it would not longer recognize the drive. Lite-On's website is not helpful and the email I sent to Support has gone unacknowledged for 3 days.

Overall Review: Maybe a driver will pop-up at some point, but not so far.

11/18/2009

Favorite

Lexar JumpDrive FireFly (Black) 2GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) JDFF2GB-431
Lexar JumpDrive FireFly (Black) 2GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) JDFF2GB-431

Pros: Small. Terrific durable cap that fits a keychain well. Cap snaps on firmly. Very visible "working" light. Sturdy and solid.

Cons: I've never noted slowness or timed it, but I've also never been frustrated waiting on it to finish a read or write.

Overall Review: Really surprised at the number of negative reviews. I've used dozens of thumb drives and have owned two of these, kept on my key ring, for a couple of years. Never had a problem with this model, something I can't say of many others I've used. I have a bad habit of jerking the thing out the USB port without "ejecting" it and have never lost a bit of data as a result.

Unreliable

CORSAIR Flash Voyager 2GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) CMFUSB2.0-2GB
CORSAIR Flash Voyager 2GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) CMFUSB2.0-2GB

Pros: Great, rubberized thing going on.

Cons: I've had three and they've all failed prematurely. I've not had this problem with many other brands I've tried.

Hate to go against the grain...

CORSAIR Flash Voyager 1GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) CMFUSB2.0-1GB
CORSAIR Flash Voyager 1GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) CMFUSB2.0-1GB

Pros: Very solid construction. Love the rubberized casing.

Cons: I've owned three of these, two that were 1Gb and one that's 2Gb. All three of them quit working after several weeks. None of my computers would recognize them when I plugged them in. In fairness, I sometimes pull these out of the USB ports without going through the "Safely remove..." routine. But, still, I also owned about a half-dozen flash drives by other manufacturers and haven't had the trouble. I also will add that when I contacted Corsair about the problem they quickly offered to send a replacement.