Posts Tagged: Computers
Logitech VX Revolution Review
Review by Product: • Logitech VX Revolution (company page) • What's Good: • accurate, comfortable, configurable yet simple, compact-ish • What's Bad: • need a dongle, not recharable, expensive • After tiring of the terrible performance and mac-unfriendliness of a Microsoft Bluetooth mouse I …
WaterField Designs Vertigo Laptop Bag
Review by Product: • WaterField Designs Vertigo Laptop Bag (company site) • What's Good: • Compact, tough, made by a great company. • What's Bad: • Premium price, mediocre laptop protection. • Last spring, the nice people at WaterField, here in San Francisco, emailed me and asked if I'd like to …
Lexar JumpDrive Sport USB Flash Drive Review
Review by Product: • Lexar JumpDrive Sport (company site) • What's Good: • Small, durable, hasn't failed once after 16 months of daily abuse. • What's Bad: • Only holds 1 GB. • I hate carrying a laptop around. It's big, heavy, and you're always worried about damaging it. 99% of the time I'm …
Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW LCD Monitor Review
Review by Product: • Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW LCD Monitor (company site) • What’s Good: • Bright and crisp image, lots of connection options, size, price • What’s Bad: • Extra features I don’t need • I’ve been waiting patiently over the past few years for the price of large LCD panel displays to …
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 Review
Review by Product: • Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 (company site) • What’s Good: • Feel of the keys, quiet keys, solid mouse • What’s Bad: • Unexpected key positions, mouse clicking weirdness • I didn’t think I was a particularly aggressive typist, but I was getting angry stares from …
20" Apple Cinema Display Review
Review by Product: • 20" Apple Cinema Display (company site) • What’s Good: • Looks Good, Bright, Resolution, Getting Cheaper • What’s Bad: • Still Expensive compared to others brands • The newer Apple Display designs are not exactly new to the market but earlier this year, Mike and I bought two …
Logitech Z-2300 PC Speaker Review
Review by Product: • Logitech Z-2300 PC Speakers (company site) • What’s Good: • Good value, smooth bass, volume control. • What’s Bad: • Fixed cables, 'modern' style, hard to locate. • I had been spoiled for the past eight months or so with a really nice set of borrowed Boston Accoustics 2.1 …
Microsoft Standard Wireless Optical Mouse Review
Review by Product: • Microsoft Standard Wireless Optical Mouse (company page) • What's Good: • Incredible Battery Life. Great Responsiveness. Compatibility. No Wires! • What's Bad: • Has a dongle thingy. Some remote-control cars can cause interference. • The mouse you use is one of the most …
Shuttle PC SN95G5 Review
Review by Product: • Shuttle PC SN95G5 (company site) • What’s Good: • Compact, Looks Good • What’s Bad: • Expandability, More expensive then regular desktop • When the hardware in my old 800MHz desktop decided to start failing it placed me in a situation where I was on the market to buy a new …
Wacom Graphire vs Intuos Tablet Review
Review by Product: • Wacom Intuos3 6x8 Tablet (company site) • What’s Good: • Lots of Settings, Quick Keys, Included Software • What’s Bad: • Expensive, Required Desk Space • This review is based on the Graphire2 4x5 vs Intuos3 6x8. Something I have also considered to be the consumer and …