Pros: Have this set up with two Seagate Barracuda 3TB drives in RAID-1. Redundancy warranted due to concerns on the quality of the drives. The NAS was more or less plug-and-play - the setup process was really smooth. I have the machine configured as the core of my media server setup, running SabNZBd+, SickBeard, and CouchPotato through the attached plugin functionality. I've seen a couple stability issues under high load (mostly due to me throwing way too much at the system while copying data from a failing external drive), but you can ssh directly into the box and restart any services that crash. Over a week of usage, I've only really had that happen to me once, and I suspect it was my own fault.

Cons: A couple non-egg-worthy cons: - The internal attachments for HDD 1 aren't marked on any of the quick install documentation included with the product. I had a panicked moment staring at the single SATA and power cable provided. This was more of a *duh* moment for me, though, rather than a true downside to the product. - Personal preference, but the front-side Copy-from-USB button does not come auto-configured. I'd like the things I purchase to Just Work, rather than having to set it up myself. Of course I'm not going to use it, so the point is moot anyway

Overall Review: My only issue with this is that the final component of my media setup - Plex Media Server - will not at the moment run on this box. There are three architectures - two based off ARM processors (of which this is one) and one based on x86 architecture. The devs at Plex have written a media server for the x86 architecture, but don't seem too inclined to write one against the ARM architecture (as they'd need to rewrite their transcoder). Of course, if it did run I'd probably just end up overtaxing the box, but it surely would be a nice-to-have.

Pros: The drives themselves caused no problems at first.

Cons: After a year and 9 months of use in a QNAP TS-212 nas, two of these drives failed with bad sectors. These drives aren't really rated for NAS use with their stock firmware - I recommend looking at other products for use in any kind of RAID setup

Overall Review: I deducted 2 eggs because of the short life of these drives, and that they developed head crashes without being touched after less than two years. I've had problems with other seagate devices before, with similar issues - bad sectors and read/write failures on an external hard drive storage unit. I'll note that I have a couple WD drives I'm replacing these with, rated for NAS, that are 4 TB for around $50/drive extra.

Pros: I guess it booted consistently for a couple months

Cons: After a while it just died. No warning, no reason. Clips to hold the GPU in place literally broke off in my hand. And some of the power connectors must have been placed by someone who has never worked with a computer before.

Overall Review: Piece of junk. Don't waste your money.

Pros: The device has a lot of flexibility. Had it configured in raid 1 with two seagate drives, and it was happily running transmission, couchpotato, sickbeard, and sabnzbd for the past 22 months

Cons: The issues with this unit are after a drive failure. Basic approach should be: 1 - Remove bad drive 2 - Add new drive 3 - RAID rebuilds automatically Did that happen? Of course not. Where the product documentation says it will happen automatically, that never occurred. I ended up having to do the steps of the rebuild manually, and even then they were not really successful. The support from QNAP is questionable and limited to forum posts that do not always address the issue you are having, and the documentation is often out of date or misleading. It's a great product at first, but it does not age well under heavy use.

Pros: Decent power for the price. Handles most of everything I can throw at it. The laptop itself seems decent, but there are a few considerations (see cons)

Cons: - The crystal eye webcam no longer functions. It just stopped working one day, no explanation, no errors. Isn't even picked up by the OS anymore - The laptop has heat issues, especially when running computationally intense programs. I had to eventually get a cooling desk for this machine. - It's not a light laptop. Weighs more than it feels like it should. - Acer bloatware. I was able to remove most of the items, with the exception of one program (Shredder something-or-other) that just won't die.

Overall Review: Overall it's a decent laptop. None of the cons are really dealbreakers for me, but I felt they warranted the removal of an egg. The bloatware is really irritating.