Joined on 04/13/04
Pros: Vibration dampening hdd caddys, acoustic dampening panels, well designed, with plenty of space. Quiet case, made my RAID arrays virtually silent. Combined with a decent graphics card you can build a pretty solid system with very little noise.
Cons: Many buyers (myself included) will require ATX PSU extension cables for their power supply to reach the connections on the motherboard from the bottom of the case. The included fans are a bit loud at the full 12v, though to be fair they work quite well at the 7v setting.
Overall Review: PSU Extension cables needed. Quiet case, but not "silent".
MS Office
Pros: You get official Microsoft Office...
Cons: You no longer get Outlook or Access... Visio is still an add on. In my humble opinion it's a bit of a rip off considering what limited software you get!
Overall Review: LibreOffice, OpenOffice, GoogleDocs
Good hardware, software buggy.
Pros: Solid piece of hardware given the price. Speedy enough for all but the most demanding PC applications. Full Windows, none of the RT (ARM) limitations. Comes with Office 2013. Screen has good viewing angles.
Cons: BUGGY. I had to restore the OS after an update caused it to hang on the loading screen despite running Startup Repair. I then had various issues with secure boot. Eventually I got that sorted and the system stable. It would also seem to refuse to power on at times, requiring me to hold the power button for a good 30 seconds a couple times in a row before it would "wake". Disabling the hibernation settings seems to have fixed that. (though we were using "sleep" anyway!) z37xx series isn't nearly as quick as a Core i5 Haswell based system, but then again even Haswell is limited by it's GPU performance when it comes to demanding PC applications. This is perfectly quick for browsing, playing/streaming media, and using Office. It won't be transcoding media (very quickly) or playing current generation games. Screen resolution is a bit low for reading in tablet mode... With the screen closer to your face you really notice the lower pixel density.
Overall Review: Even if it had a high resolution display; Windows still doesn't deal very well with high resolution displays, increasing screen dpi to make Windows view able in high resolutions often causes problems with some apps.
Pros: Core i5, Hybrid Hard Drive, sufficient RAM, decent battery life, touchscreen for Windows 8+.
Cons: The display could use improvement, especially the viewing angles. In this day and age I expect a much better panel.
Overall Review: Middle of the road.
Pros: Comfortable, albeit familiar design. Circular shape doesn't waste space. Good price!
Cons: The memory foam wrist pad is not quite as comfortable as some of the gel wrist pads.
Overall Review: The soft rubber base\backing is pretty sticky. This can be annoying if you move the pad alot. However, it very good if you want the pad to stay in one spot! (gamers?)
Pros: I've owned a couple of these fans for a couple years now without a single failure. They don't move a ton of air but they are very quiet I take my machine out to the deck and spray it out every few months. These are some of the quietest fans I've owned and are great for creating airflow in your case.
Cons: They don't provide more than a gentle breeze. You'll want something with a variable speed for your components.
Overall Review: I've found tweaking variable speed fan curves with motherboard and graphics utilities is the best way to keep a system quiet while still providing proper cooling under load.