Joined on 07/27/02
Reliable
Pros: Comes with a stand, so its footprint is smaller. Setup was no hassle at all. It has had no problems after three months, so it'll probably last a long time.
Cons: It's a bit slow spinning up, but eventually gets there.
Overall Review: Not sure what to say that's really bad about it. It's a good drive for the price. I'm seriously thinking about buying another one.
Mixed Reaction
Pros: Good sound from speakers within limits, microphone is very adjustable and picks up voice with little effort.
Cons: Gets very uncomfortable very quickly, to the point of painful. Tends to distort after only a small amount of volume applied. Does not handle bass sounds well, and lack of audio controls except volume prevents tweaking. Software for player controls is only available from the Logitech website, and is extremely limited as to how many players it works with.
Overall Review: The headset requires not one, but two, USB ports -- one for the radio dongle and another for the power supply. The power supply cord does *NOT* act as a direct connection to your computer! So you end up having to connect extra weight to the headset for periods of time, in order to recharge, but don't remove the dongle, or the headset will stop receiving. No problems with the plastic piece connecting the headband -- then again, I don't drop the headset or throw it around. Maybe Logitech actually reacted to that problem and fixed it? Overall, if you don't have to wear a behind-the-head style, there are lots of over-the-head 'sets that are immensely better, for roughly the same price or lower.
Seagate drives almost always fail
Pros: Quiet. Easy-to-see blue LED activity light. Runs more or less cool.
Cons: Requires a separate purchase of a stand to prop up sideways, to reduce footprint. As with the vast majority of Seagate drives, it eventually fails, costing you everything stored on it. Once it fails, it makes a lot of noise but doesn't tell you what's wrong.
Overall Review: Seagate should automatically offer data recovery as part of the purchase, considering how often their drives fail. Out of two dozen I've bought over the years, only one lasted until it was too small to do the job anymore. Not a good success rate.
Design is visually appealling but awkward in use
Pros: The metal case dissipates heat fast. It writes to a storage HD very quickly (I don't have the tools to accurately measure its r/w speeds). It was inexpensive. Narrow design allows the drive to neatly fit between other bulkier USB plugs.
Cons: It builds up heat quickly, so much that it becomes difficult to handle. It's extremely awkward plugging in and removing. No LED to let you know it's working.
Overall Review: When I first tried plugging it into a 3.0 USB port on my desktop computer, it wasn't read. I tried again, and this time, my PC blue screened. After the recovery, I tried a third time in a different port---it finally worked correctly. Write-to the flash drive registered around 87.6 Mb/s, while in turn writing the same file to a storage HD was so fast I didn't see a clock time. The "up to 130 Mb/s" must only apply when the drive's doing the writing, not the reading. All in all, it was inexpensive and as long as I'm careful inserting the drive into a USB port, it should be fine. However, I'm not buying any more of these, no matter how cheap. I don't want my computer to crash again like that, due to hard-to-handle flash drives. Samsung needs to redo this product; it's a very poor design, in my opinion.
Works just fine
Pros: Works great as an extension; provides USB 3.0 when available but no slow-down when connecting to earlier versions.
Cons: None so far.
Overall Review: Not sure why the other reviewer found this product a bad deal. I have bought two of them so far, and have had zero problems with either. Just bought a third one, to act as an extension for recharging my tablet. I have to use the cord the manufacturer provided, which only has a 3' reach. I prefer to use the provided transformer, which is much better than the slow, slow trickle through my PC.
Micro USB Port Loose
Pros: Good sound quality, speedy CPU, (mostly) user friendly interface. Caught it during a sale Newegg had going on and got it well reduced in price.
Cons: Its touch sense is a little quirky, sometimes not recognizing what I want to accomplish. The USB Micro Port became loose only after a few months of normal use, which periodically prevents the tablet from recharging or talking to my PC when plugged in.
Overall Review: Contacted ASUS support about the micro port. They had me send it to one of their service locations (the nearest is about 750 miles away). I had to pay for shipping it, which didn't sit well with me. When I got it back only 3 business days later, the micro port was just as loose as when I sent it to them, but zero description was supplied on what was done to fix it. As far as I could tell, the service location had done nothing with it, except to plug it in and see if it took a charge, then threw everything into a box and shipped it back to me. I called ASUS support right away and was told the micro port and power/connection cord had been replaced. I told the service rep that the port was still loose, and was told essentially, "Live with it." I guess I'll have to do just that, because the pluses of the tablet far outweigh its minuses. However, eventually it will fail again, probably after the warranty is up. Then I'll be stuck with a pricey paperweight. I will definitely NOT buy another tablet from ASUS, because their service is terrible.
Too few broken cases
The description wording seems to say one should receive 10 cases per package, so I ordered 2 sets, to get 20 cases. Instead, I got two cases. They were packed in what one would expect for something that was durable enough to withstand standard USPS shipping, with zero padding. Both cases were shattered and useless when I opened the package. I contacted NewEgg, who are in turn contacting the seller to arrange a refund.