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todd j.

todd j.

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Most Favorable Review

nice camera

Canon PowerShot SD1000 Black 7.1 MP 3X Optical Zoom Digital Camera
Canon PowerShot SD1000 Black 7.1 MP 3X Optical Zoom Digital Camera

Pros: Small size, nice black/silver look, fast startup, solid design, excellent image quality. Very happy with this camera so far, can't wait to take more shots with it.

Cons: limited manual mode, but hey, it's a point and shoot, not a slr.

Overall Review: Upgrade from powershot sd450, this camera is smaller and takes cleaner photos vs my old camera. I've owned Canon digitals since the s100, the powershots only get better, I wouldn't own another brand.

Most Critical Review
MSI K7N2G-L 462(A) NVIDIA nForce2 IGP ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI K7N2G-L 462(A) NVIDIA nForce2 IGP ATX AMD Motherboard

Comments: Got a bad board, first time i had to RMA w/Newegg and first time i've had a bad MSI product. I tried 3 different brands of memory - crucial 2100ddr, kingston hyperX 2700DDR, and generic 2700DDR all resulted in the board not posting. using a 400W Wintech PS and a XP 1800+. There's no refund, so i'll post how my new board works out when I get another.

Lenovo T61 Memory Upgrade

Mushkin Enhanced Essentials 4GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Laptop Memory Model 991685
Mushkin Enhanced Essentials 4GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Laptop Memory Model 991685

Pros: Upgraded my T61's memory with this 4GB module, had 2x2GB sticks, left one in and added this Mushkin 4GB stick for a total of 6GB registering on my x64 Win8.1 laptop. Easy and painless upgrade with no problems so far, and machine running faster.

Cons: None.

12/26/2014

Lenovo T61 Drive Replacement

WD Black 250GB Performance Mobile Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 16MB Cache 2.5 Inch - WD2500BEKX
WD Black 250GB Performance Mobile Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 16MB Cache 2.5 Inch - WD2500BEKX

Pros: Easy swap with a T61, replaced the oem 160GB drive that was failing with this 250GB. So far so good, it's a bit faster and more storage than I need for this old back-up laptop.

Cons: None so far.

12/26/2014

works beautifully with Win7

Rosewill RNX-G300EX Wireless Card IEEE 802.11b/g PCI Up to 54Mbps Data Rates 64/128bit WEP WPA WPA2 802.1x, 802.11i, AES, TKIP with 100cm cable external 2 dBi Antenna
Rosewill RNX-G300EX Wireless Card IEEE 802.11b/g PCI Up to 54Mbps Data Rates 64/128bit WEP WPA WPA2 802.1x, 802.11i, AES, TKIP with 100cm cable external 2 dBi Antenna

Pros: External antenna works exceptionally well, since my pc is under a heavy desk Price was right Signal strength was significantly better than my Linksys and Buffalo G cards

Cons: none so far

Overall Review: I had problems getting a strong signal with my desktop positioned under my desk. I went through 2 different PCI cards until picking this card up w/it's external antenna. The antenna sits on top of the desk, I now have excellent signal strength to my network - works excellent!

Great Server Box

MSI Wind PC Intel 945GC Barebone
MSI Wind PC Intel 945GC Barebone

Pros: Very small footprint compared to my old monster server. Quiet, releatively cool. Possible space for 2 HDD's using 5.25" bay with adapter. Processing power is adequate if you're planning to use this as a NAS/File/WHS server.

Cons: Could have better fan/cooling system. This is probably not the right solution if you're looking for a daily desktop or HD Media server.

Overall Review: My configuration: 2GB Ram 1 x 500GB 7200 Seagate (OS drive) 1 x 1.5TB Samsung Ecogreen drive (using 5.25" optical drive bay with adapter) Win 7 Ultimate

10/28/2009