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Adam S.

Adam S.

Joined on 03/30/07

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Most Favorable Review

Decent for the price

ASUS F8 Series 14.0" Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 4GB Memory DDR2 800 Windows Vista Home Premium
ASUS F8 Series 14.0" Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 4GB Memory DDR2 800 Windows Vista Home Premium

Pros: 1 GB dedicated RAM, 4 GB RAM, Lots of extras that normally go for much more. Excellent performance. Wireless range is really good.

Cons: Sometimes the keys don't register when I press them. It might just be me or it could be a fault. It's mostly a nuisance. Also the scroll area of the mouse pad is kinda hard to control. Would have like a mute button or volume buttons. It has a function key combination that works, but it's a pain to do one-handed.

Overall Review: I am very impressed by the performance. COD4 runs fairly well. Most office programs load quickly and video encoding seems to go fairly quickly. Haven't had time to try anything else. Comes with drivers for Vista64 although it says it doesn't (and it comes with Vista32). Resolution is great (1440x900), although, as with all of the new shiny lcd's, off-axis viewing is a little restricted. I wouldn't trade it for any of my friends laptops.

Works

USB 2.0 3Port Hub + 1x RJ45 10/100Mbps Ethernet Network LAN Adapter Card For Win7 Windows8  Mac10.8  USB to Ethernet with usb port
USB 2.0 3Port Hub + 1x RJ45 10/100Mbps Ethernet Network LAN Adapter Card For Win7 Windows8 Mac10.8 USB to Ethernet with usb port

Pros: Works.

Cons: Only comes in white. Would like a black option. Plastic is a little cheap, but since I don't really look at it, it's not that big a deal.

Overall Review: I was thrilled to find a lan adapter that actually added to my ports. I'm using it with an Intel NUC that is limited to 3 USB ports, so this was very convenient. In addition to LAN, I'm using two of the three USB ports with a camera and a USB sound card. Both are working fine.

Decent

SYBA SD-BTIR-COM Bluetooth + IRDA Adaptor
SYBA SD-BTIR-COM Bluetooth + IRDA Adaptor

Pros: Needed an IR for my phone and the Bluetooth was a bonus. Other IR adapters that I bought had driver problems and were a pain. This installed and worked great.

Cons: The bluetooth install doesn't use native MS, but I'm not really using it anyways.

Overall Review: Decent product for the price.