Pros: What makes this drive fast is the TWO platters. It's also 9.5mm in height. We were able to test this unit, the Seagate 7200.4 320gb and WD's 7200 Black. The 7200's have 16mb cache, this has 8. Ok results varied! This is good. OS X performed faster on this 5400rpm drive than Vista Ult 64(same MBP). Once we let Vista index the drives we noticed something, the page file was causing performance on the 5400 to be slower. At 4gb ram, page file off, performance was near identical on all three... So read the thoughts for more.

Cons: 8mb cache on a large drive hurts index/catalog performance so once you clone or install let the machine do it's work... Mac's this is cataloging, Pc's this is indexing. If you cloned the drive do this one little trick... On a Mac have spotlight re-index/catalog the drive and on PC's turn OFF indexing and subfolders, restart, turn it back on. It's a con because this takes time ONLY WHEN CLONED.

Overall Review: For gaming the seagate won out by more than 10%. For database, searching, and working with LARGE single files the WD Black won by 16%. However the surprise was this drive which fell in a decent 2nd place overall. Index/Cataloging was an issue but this subsided after a re-index was performed. Overall, 5 eggs! Seagate has a 7200rpm 500gb SATA drive releasing in March/April 09' which promises to spank every single SATA drive on the market. If you can wait, do it, if not this is the drive.

Pros: Good card. Forget the manufacture, it's all about the RAMDAC, Pixel Pipelines and OpenGL/Direct X. In other words, the chipset used. This one isn't bad, not stellar, but works well. I wouldn't recommend it for Vista or Beryl/Compiz/XGL but overall it's good. Color Depth increased as did video performance over 32mb card.

Cons: Getting old... OpenGL standards too low.

Overall Review: OpenGL 2.0 is the new norm. DX 9 is OK, but 10 will be the norm in 2008+

Pros: We run our entire office on Solar power and thus batteries in 12 and 24v banks. We used larger 1000 pure sine inverters but I picked up a couple of these from newegg on special as we were replacing for efficiency not failure. It's listed at 87% but in reality it was closer to 90% until the fan turns on. THE FAN IS TEMP CONTROLLED! Very important! Unit stays below +7*F ambient with a 177w load from MacMini and 25" HP screen along with 2.1 stereo 25w JBL sound, lights etc on same circuit for office room - Kill-A-Watt tested and averaged. Over a week we saved about 900 watts over the larger unit and NEVER needed more power. Run efficient office and you can get by on a lot less. Go Solar.

Cons: The 50/60hz switch is on one side with no label to indicate. The indicator light is on the back side. We ran 50hz for a couple days, equipment didn't care as it's all AC-DC inverter based parts. CFL and LED lights had no issue.

Overall Review: It's PURE Sine! 60.1hz Pure wave and no wave bounce on equipment startup! NICE. Large for it's rating but it's all capacitance.

Pros: 5V Amorphous panel - after 6 months - before it kicks out 6.2v. Good light output. Magenetic base easily tags onto steel posts, hinges and under the car hood. Replaceable 3.6v 3x1.2v battery. Amorphous panels work well in ALL light conditions but produce a lot less mah per sq in than Poly or Mono. Battery lasts about 6hrs each day. There's a switch to turn the LIGHT on and off. Panel uses basic plug which can be extended easily. Takes about 12hrs to full charge. We get 5 peak sun hours a day in the Mid-Atlantic... 6.7 in Florida Think about the math. It doesn't matter what state or how HOT it is.

Cons: Reviews here from "High" skilled people who have no idea what they are using. Battery pack is $6.95 at the Shack, plug and play. Upgrade to 3 AA's and you'll get over 20hrs runtime BUT it takes 3+ days to charge. I modded two to use AA tabbed batteries I soldered and then shrink tubed into a pack. NO charge controller! Warning! You MUST run the light at least once a month till dead OR swivel the panel out of direct sun. The battery will overcharge and become useless and replaceable. Panel looses power when it gets too hot but produces more power when it's cold or cloudy compared to other types. This and low cost are why TFT panels are good and good at.

Overall Review: Great for backup lighting too. I have one in the Shed, garage, laundry room. It's basically a rechargeable flashlight with solar panel. I'm adding 2 more to the shed, only one will be mounted. There's one mounted in my old Jeep (panel is bolted the plastic on the inside of the tailgate and light is in the storage box). It's LED power... Not a flood light or some mega light that will be a great work light or something. It's basic, petty light. NOT tax deductable (I guess this is a con). Panel Only is weather RESISTANT. Mount under the eve of the house/shed but low enough to get sunlight and angle to the LATITUDE of your area towards 188* South. So, S. Carolina would be about 36* angle, PA is 40*.

Pros: 5 watt mono-crystal solar panel! Genius! 1hr in the office nets me about 20mins (it works under CFL and Halogen lights). Sun is about 50%, 1hr=30min. This is PURE Brilliance! Thank you Samsung. Turn on USB charge mode in the BIOS and the panel will supply power to a USB port.

Cons: Intel Atom Performance.

Overall Review: I got this elsewhere, same price but pre-ordered. Upgrade to 2gb ram and a Samsung SSD, from NE. Brilliant. Get more girls talking to me than when I had the MacBook Air... Wink. Mono-Crystal panels are the most effecient for size.

Pros: It powers off as it's supposed to anything on the PLUG side. We switched in 2008 to 100% solar power (company did the switch - my company - my rules) and batteries, netbooks and ULV powered computers, LED lights and swamp coolers and cargo shorts over A/C (A/C is still used but not 5 months a year). So powering off the accessory parts was vital to not drain the batteries overnight.

Cons: 150w TOTAL capacity. Please EVERYONE learn how electricity works. Amps X Volts = Wattage. MaH is MilliAmp per hour consumption. So divide by 1000 or just move the decimal three spots for AMPS. So an iPad power adapter is .21 amps, not 21amps. 150w is not as much as you think. A typical desktop computer from 2005 will draw over 300w. A 19" CRT will draw 45w, a 19" LCD will draw 45w (surprised on that one? me too), 22" LED LCD will draw 20w. An Epson stylus AIO inkject consumes 31w when copying. An Apple APE base station takes up 16w. External drive 10-40w depends. Know your stuff.

Overall Review: 1000 watts is 1KW. Use 1000w in an hour and that's 1KWHr. In PA at this time we are paying total .1344 per KwHr (tax, distribution, etc and that's average). They pay YOU only production rate when you sell back, hence batteries. Less panels needed with batteries which saves more than it would produce, cost wise. So each cell charger, LCD, etc has a vampire draw. Most are 1w. Add up all the devices on the power strip and you get 6-8w of standby (average here some may be more or less) saved per hour. Over 14hrs that's 120w PER unit. 3.6 KwHr per MONTH. Or roughly 50 cents per month saved (3.6 X .1344 x 30 days x #Units). So it would take a few years for most to get the "payback". It will save power and works as advertised. It saves us about 7hrs sun per month, per person. Which is worth about 10 work hours. Batteries have less drain = less wear as well.

Bought a 24 port. GOT a 24 Port box with a 16 PORT inside. Seller REFUSED TO HELP!