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Michael S.

Michael S.

Joined on 07/30/03

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Most Favorable Review

Great player if it keeps up

SanDisk Sansa Clip+ 1.0" Black 8GB MP3 Player SDMX18R-008GK-A57
SanDisk Sansa Clip+ 1.0" Black 8GB MP3 Player SDMX18R-008GK-A57

Pros: Everything I need for the gym, battery life was good at first, but...

Cons: The battery is NOT replaceable. I didn't think about this when buying it, but if the battery dies, you need to buy a new player. I need to recharge the battery every day, it loses juice when it's not powered on. I've had it for a year and a half so this is very frustrating.

Overall Review: I really hope they make the battery replaceable in future versions, otherwise I have learned my lesson and will make sure my next mp3 player has a replaceable battery (like my previous, Zen Micro, did).

Great drive

SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 ST2000DL004 2TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 ST2000DL004 2TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: 2TBs and it's pretty fast. Using it as external drive connected via my Thermaltake BlackX eSATA enclosure. Clocked faster than my main hard drive. Using it for backups so it's perfect - and very quiet.

Cons: None yet

Overall Review: Drive wouldn't initialize at first so I couldn't format. After freaking out thinking it was dead I just restarted and it worked fine. (yes it is THAT quiet)

Perfect for me

SanDisk Sansa Clip 1.0" Black 8GB MP3 Player
SanDisk Sansa Clip 1.0" Black 8GB MP3 Player

Pros: Small, easy to use, large capacity, easy to delete songs, well built, sturdy clip, recharging cable is small but I like that because it's easy to carry around in my lunch box. And my favorite thing about it - VERY EASY to upload new songs. You don't need to install any special software, it acts as a flash drive does when plugged in to your computer. I had a Creative Zen Micro before and the software was so bad I'd hardly ever upload anything new. This thing rocks.

Cons: I wish it had a finger so I could put a ring on it.

Overall Review: I use this when I'm working out or at work when I don't want to listen to my co-workers. It's perfect. I have about 1,300 songs on there now and I just play all of them and shuffle. If a slow boring (bad for workouts) song comes on it's very easy to delete so I don't have to listen to it again. If you are buying an MP3 player so you can listen to music - buy this.

I love it

Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Fast, quiet, cool, spacious!

Cons: None

Overall Review: This drive is actually a little cooler than my 5400rpm. Yes, mine also got hot when installing everything - but that's what happens with any drive ... when it's at 100% load for several hours it'll get hot. I was concerned about heat too, so if you are I'm here to tell you it's not a problem! Also, when I turned it on from suspend mode this morning it took TWO SECONDS to boot!! Blows my old drive out of the water.

Small and sexy!

Rosewill RX81U-ES-25A 2.5" SATA to USB 2.0 External Enclosure
Rosewill RX81U-ES-25A 2.5" SATA to USB 2.0 External Enclosure

Pros: Very attractive case, very small, very light, nice pouch, easy to install.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Gets the job done, if you need a 2.5" enclosure get it.

Gets the job done

BELKIN F9H700-06 6 Feet 7 Outlets 885 joules Home Series SurgeMaster
BELKIN F9H700-06 6 Feet 7 Outlets 885 joules Home Series SurgeMaster

Pros: Sturdy strip, thick cable, one spot for a bulky plug, LED lights, I/O switch, warranty

Cons: None

Overall Review: I use this for my TV/router/modem/DVR ... it comes with a $75,000 warranty so I'm confident with it. Don't be turned off because it's only 885 joules - that only means it'll shutdown if the spike exceeds that. For computers you may want to get one with higher joules only because if your computer shuts off when you are using it you'll lose all unsaved data!