Joined on 07/21/09
Good Home Server
Pros: Surprisingly Small Excellent Airflow Pleasant Design Easy to upgrade Advanced Server features for relatively little money
Cons: Some of the better iLO features (such as KVM over IP after the OS boots) require an iLO Advanced license, which costs extra money. 2GB of RAM isn't enough for memory-intensive features No Optical Drive in this configuration HP's "Smart Memory" is expensive to upgrade
Overall Review: Overall, this is an excellent little server. It can move air incredibly well, and provides some excellent and advanced server features. I mention "No Optical Drive" as a disadvantage, but with the world moving towards everything being downloadable, it isn't much of a con. The Intelligent Provisioning features definitely make up for this limitation. HP's "Smart Memory" is a bit too expensive for RAM. Unless you really need a feature specified in HP's Smart Memory, just go with regular server RAM. It's a lot cheaper and still has standard features like providing warnings for impending chip failure. The graphic chip in this machine is very weak with a low refresh rate, but that should be expected with a server. I wouldn't recommend trying to use this as a desktop machine at all because of this. I am running Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2 with active directory, NPS, Remote Desktop Services and IIS and, while the OS is very good at memory management, the limitations of 2GB of RAM definitely shows every now and then.
Poor Quality
Pros: none
Cons: The cable went bad only after a month or two of use. It was used to hook up a digital piano to a home theater system and the cable was only moved once (to install) and once (to move).
Overall Review: Getting cheap cables online is important, but I'd gladly pay an extra couple of dollars for this cable if it lasted a decent length of time.
Great headphones, but overpriced
Pros: Excellent Sound Quality Variety of input options Good Wireless Range
Cons: Uses old 2.4GHz wireless technology which can conflict with WLAN and Bluetooth signals causing dropouts (troubleshooting section of owner's manual even mentions this). Unusually long charge time for batteries in headset (16 hour charge for 8 hours of use) Very Expensive
Overall Review: These are excellent sounding headphones that are simply too expensive to warrant a 5 star rating due to the rather old 2.4GHz wireless frequency they run on. To prevent audio dropouts, some people (including myself) have had success in changing their WiFi channel on their 2.4GHz radio of their router to channel 11. After that, dropouts were almost eliminated. These are open-backed headphones that permit sound to escape the cans and external sound to leak in. This is done to improve the soundstage but it means they probably can't be used in an open office environment. While these cans sound great, I do use the "boom" app on my Mac to adjust the equalization settings a bit to improve treble clarity (headphones have a naturally darker sound to them). It's merely a matter of preference. If wired/wireless doesn't factor in your decision, consider the Sennheiser HD 650. These headphones were based on that design and you can save a lot of money by buying those instead.
Sounds fantastic
Pros: Sounds fantastic Provides a very decent amount of bass
Cons: Big Placement can be difficult as this speaker has an open-back design. This means you can't back it up too close to a wall (keep it about a foot away).
Overall Review: Since this is a full range speaker, it should generally not be paired with "small" speakers as this speaker can overpower the others a bit.
Pros: Good build quality. Doesn't feel "plastic-y" or anything. Has a gauge right on the unit. Comes with a plastic carrying case, and can handle multiple types of tires/jobs.
Cons: The plastic carrying case is an odd shape and seems a bit large for the device. Even though the case is large, it is somewhat awkward to put away after use.
Overall Review: I like this tire pump overall. Another reviewer mentioned speed to fill up tires, and I did not experience the same problem. I could fill a 40PSI tire from 18 to 40 in under a minute.