Archived Computer Hardware Reviews

Pros: has a lot of memory
Cons: terrible power management, losses data

I purchased the Amedia Pocket Pro PDA thinking I was getting a good deal. It was priced below most other PDA devices, and seemed to have a lot of great features. While there have been some things about the Pocket Pro that have been nice, many others...

Pros: Brilliant picture quality; many features; two VGA inputs
Cons: No BNC input connectors

This is an excellent monitor; you get what you pay for. At the time of writing, it retails for about $550, roughly $250 more than you would pay for lower-end 19" displays such as the well-reviewed MAG Innovision 800v, but the specs of the G400 are...

Pros: Good price, good friendly tech support
Cons: Off on shipping dates.

I had been needing a new system for a while, so, I decided to go "shopping" and found that Midwest Micro did have very good deals for what I wanted. They had base models and you could add or subtract items from the computer. So, I picked out...

Pros: None
Cons: Extremely poor product and warranty support.

This Christmas, my daughter announced that she wanted a scanner for her new computer. I had owned a UMAX 1220U for over a year with no problems, so I bought a model 2100U (which I perceived to be the replacement for the 1220U in the current product...

Pros: Fast, Reliable, Good customer support, Great features, Relatively affordable
Cons: The RDRAM is too expensive. Dell should provide PC133 SDRAM as well

The Dell Dimension XPS B800r is a great deal for performance hungry power users.
Great Support
First of all, you are ordering from Dell. According to a recent PC World survey, Dell is ranked "Outstanding" in terms of...

Pros: Wonderful sound, great value, (almost) free digital out!
Cons: none that I can think of

I bought this card about 3 months ago and it has greatly increased my listening experience with my computer, but this is not the best part about this card. Recently I have come across a neat little way to give me the digital out that I really wanted...

Pros: Looks good. - warranty- tech support is good
Cons: too many system problems

We purchased the Gateway Essential 566 at the end of July. It arrived only 6 days later and I was thrilled! We upgraded to the 17" moniter and added the CD R/W and DVD drive. I was so happy until only about 5 days later , the mouse started to act...

Pros: Faster speeds, more power
Cons: Higher prices, possible dangers

As the world of computers keeps advancing every day, we are often swept away by technology and overlook sometimes seemingly trivial items until they come back to haunt us.

Right now processor speeds are in the gigahertz range and increasing on...

Pros: After Replacement of several parts, computer works in tip top shape...
Cons: Too much replacement of parts from the get go..

We bought our Gateway back in May of last year (1999). It included windows 98, GenuineIntel Pentium(r) II Processor Intel MMX(TM) Technology, and 128MB RAM. Creative Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64D,
3Dfx Voodoo Banshee AGP, 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee AGP...

Pros: Blazing speed, decent components
Cons: proprietary hardware, bad tech support, difficult to service.

Unfortunately, the speed and power of this machine is greatly overridden by the Gateway name. Yes, I have tested this particular computer, benchmarked it and all. On every benchmark that I ran on it, it performed at least average or above on each test....

Pros: they have nice merchandise to work with
Cons: smarmy sell tactics, veeeery slow response time

Summary:
Two experiences with CompUSA (Tucson, AZ store) in which customer service was dismal.

Trip One: A New Computer
The Aching Need
Three months ago, I needed to buy a new computer, and quickly. I...

Pros: good quality voice transmission
Cons: none

Recently, I heard about a voice chat program
for use with my computer. Since my sweetheart
and some of my children are long distances away,
this seemed like a good solution to the high phone
bill problem. Only problem was, I...

Pros: Small!!!
Cons: Price doesn't match performance

This monitor is just like a work of art. Great to look at, but no real use. As sleek and modern as this monitor looks, it failed to meet my expectations. It was thin, small, and lightweight, yet the resolution maxed out at a lowly 1024X768, and the...

Pros: insanely good graphics, appreciable frame rate
Cons: some fill problems at high rez

With this strong of a showing, Hercules is certainly trying to put themselves on the map of computer video hardware! I was completely blown away by the insanely realistic graphics that this card was able to generate while I was playing Red Storm's Rogue...

Pros: ease of use, solid construction, precise response
Cons: tricky software

Shortly after getting my new Apple G4 (you should read my review on it), I decided to get one USB gamepad from the plethora of gamepads that currently are for sale. Since I own a Mac and I bought Virtual Game Station, I decided to buy myself a gamepad...