Dell XPS M1530 laptop, Crimson RED, 15.4" Widescreen Thin, slim & light notebook computer, Intel Core2Duo T9300 2.5 GHz, 4GB RAM, 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS, 500 GB HDD, Slotload DVD+/-RW, Fingerprint Reader, Wifi-G, Bluetooth, 2.0MP Integrated Camera, 6-cell Battery, Express Remote Control, 8-in-1 Card Reader, Vista Home Premium, 1 Year Warranty Review

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(More customer reviews)Ok, so this may seem like I'm underrating the laptop, so I'm going to start with the pros :)
1) good display
2)good speakers
3)good size/weight for mobility
3)cool design
4) fast in terms of everything BUT GAMING
Ok, now the cons
1)graphics are a joke. You can only play games made 3 years earlier, otherwise you'll notice a lagggggggg
2)HHHOOOOTTTTT - this laptop overhears way too easily.... It actually gets past 180 degrees f if you play a game for 10+ minutes
3)HD movies? Nope. If you enjoy laggy 1080p, Shuuure. But otherwise stick to 720p or 480p
4) not really loud speakers... I'd say they're not the loudest speakers ive had, so I bought a few extra headphones and speakers for it.
5) paint fades because of the heat, basically meaning I can't sell it without paying $100+ for replacement hand rests.
6) hardware problems - I noticed there are 2 audio outs....windows only supports 1 audio out, so that makes one of them useless, unless the other breaks, or you find special software to get both outputs to work.
7) battery goes in a flash.... 3-4 hours was advertised when I bought it... I only got 1 hour when I clicked power saver settings, so I bought a 9 cell battery instead... This got me 3 hours, and now it's dying (only about 2-2 1/2 hours now)
I think Dell had a wonderful idea for this laptop, but it definitely needs some refining. If they fix everything above and add a few features, then I'd be glad to buy the new updated laptop.

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Brother MFC-295CN Color Inkjet Multifunction Center for Home/Office Review

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(More customer reviews)This is an excellent printer for general use. Very nice design, cheap ink (generics readily available), good performance, Nice crisp prints. The problem is the color on photos is terrible. It either looks washed out, or laughably oversaturated depending on the settings used - but never close to what I see on the monitor. My older Epson is worse in every way compared to this printer, except it prints much more accurate looking photos. Sadly. 50% of what I use my printer for is photo prints, so this is going back. Not really advertised as a photo printer, so I should have known. Too bad because I love the printer otherwise.
Bottom line: General school, work, light office printer thumbs up. Photo and accurate color printing, thumbs down.

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Asus Eee PC 900SD-BLK009X Netbook Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this netbook last week, and I'm very happy with it. It's not very powerful, but it's perfectly suitable for light web browsing. The screen is a bit small, but it's usable after removing the status bar and bookmarks toolbar in Firefox. The keyboard is surprisingly easy to adjust to. The most annoying part is the odd placement of the home and end keys. The SSD is pretty small (only 8GB), but is fine for the intended purpose: web browsing. I wiped Windows XP and installed 8.10, which recognized all of the hardware automatically.

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SCM SCR3340 - SMART card reader - ExpressCard/54 Review

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(More customer reviews)The reader arrived in four days (ordered Sunday, arrived Thursday) in good working order. Plugged it into the HP laptop, which searched for and found the driver; ActiveClient recognized it immediately, and it integrated seamlessly without any intervention from me.
Now I don't have to drag the USB reader along on TDYs any more.

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HP OfficeJet 7410 All-in-One Review

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(More customer reviews)When they say All In One they're not kidding with this device. I have owned this device for a little over 2 months now and have put it through its paces. First of all this beast is HUGE. Its about the size of a 17-19" monitor width wise.It will fit snugly on top of a standard filing cabinet. Its fairly easy to assemble and get up and running. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS as they're printed or you'll have issues with your computer recognizing the drivers, especially if you're not using XP.
The print quality is outstanding! I have never seen a printer print such vivid colors or such realistic fleshtones. Especially one not considered a photo printer. But this is where the device shines. WIth a photo cartridge and HPs photo paper, I cannot tell the difference between a photo printed on this device and a professionally printed photo. The media slots are a plus. You can use them to open photos on your computer as well so it does act as a card reading device for your computer rather than hooking up your digital camera directly to the computer. It will NOT print a document from a media card however. You must print from the opened document.
Its copying abilities are good with minimal jamming in the feeder tray. Plus its so easy to open and pull out a jammed paper. You can specify how many copies and what quality you want them from either your computer or from the LCD panel. Very nice!
Its scanning capabilities are average to very good. There is no notching or markings as to where the page is oriented so getting started is a little tricky, but once you get it, very easy and fast scanning. Make sure you have a decent sleep mode time set or you'll be blinded by the scanning light that is always on unless the whole device is off or sleeping. Minor annoyance at worst.
Its faxing is well... faxing. It does the job. Its easy to set up, its easy to program, and it sends faxes. Need I say more.
Now the device also comes with some photo editing software which for someone who's buying a device like this, you should already have Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro or other editing program. The HP photo editing program is non-intuitive and cumbersome. The software is a serious resource hog on your computer. I would not install the software if you have a 650MHz dinosaur like I originally installed this on. It severely slowed down my computer. On a 3GHz with 1Gb RAM computer, no issues with the software at all. You are not forced to install the photo editing software, you can choose minimal install and it'll only install the drivers and the HP updater
Overall, if you have the means and the need for a powerhouse like this, I'd recommend it highly. Its sturdy, big and professional in appearance. Its wireless capabilities are a nice plus even though I dont use that. The 2 paper trays and the duplexer make it even nicer. A small minus, no override paper tray. So printing a single envelope or a single odd size sheet of paper is annoying. I had hoped that HP would have added this feature on such a feature rich product


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HP Psc 1510 All-in-one Printer Review

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(More customer reviews)This printer installed easily and functions nicely in every way. My only complaint is that the ink cartridges, while very inexpensive, contain very little ink. If you're doing occasional printing, scanning or copying this is a great printer. If you expect to print more than 1000 pages per month, be prepared to change the cartridge as often as your undies.
Did I mention that its a fine printer?

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SpongeBob Mouse by KidzMouse Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this mouse cos my 3 yr old was not too good with the touch pad. He got used to the mouse quickly. I had no trouble setting up the mouse, just turned off the computer and turned it back on with the mouse plugged in. Also no trouble with switching between mouse and touch pad as the mouse is too small for my hand. The downside is it lacks a scroll wheel.

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HP PhotoSmart PSC 2610 All-in-One Printer Review

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(More customer reviews)I have no complaints about the hardware. The most important part, the print quality is quite impressive.
The software, on the other hand, is a different story. I have Windows XP Service Pack 2 and the HP software has been a nightmare. I have twice uninstalled and reinstalled the software because it caused Windows Explorer to take about 45 seconds to open. Reinstalling the software works for a while and then when the HP software updates itself over the internet, things get bad again.
Lest you think this user error, I'm a software engineer and my computer is a late model with 1.2 GB of RAM. I cannot recommend this product because the software is huge and buggy and the self-updates make the problem worse.
This is a huge disappoitment after my troublefree experience with the HP LaserJet 1012 monochrome laser printer and its clean bug-free software.

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HP All-in-One Photosmart 2610 Printer - Flatbed Fax - Scanner - Copier : Print photos directly from your camera phone, PDA, handheld, or other Bluetoothwireless device5Print and copy snapshots with or without borders on standard-size and panorama paper / Print frame-by-frame from video clips using the proof sheet64MB Printer Memory Buffer Designed for up to 5,000 page per month average use Incoming fax memory is 60 pages and there are up to 40 phone number Fax speed dials Copier mode with reduce, enlarge, multiple-copies Built-in 802.3 Ethernet. Optional HP bt300, Bluetooth Wireless Printer Adapter 5 Memory card slots

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SGT111 DOD Military USB CAC Smart Card Reader Review

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(More customer reviews)The product works great. Plug it in and it loads the drivers automatically. I use it to access my government e-mail from anywhere. Just download the certificates and you will be ready to go. It reads my CAC every time. I have not had any problems so far. I would recommend this card reader. Makes life just a little bit easier.

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Ectaco C-Pen 20 Handheld Scanner Review

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(More customer reviews)As a scholar who works with books and other printed sources a lot, I have long been on the lookout for an easy way to scan text into my laptop. I've tried using both flatbed scanners and digital cameras for this purpose, but I've found both to be awkward and time-consuming. That's why I was pleased to discover the C-Pen 20 - it's not perfect, but it does the job quicker and more easily than any of the alternatives.
PROS:
- It's easy to use; you just press the pointer to the page and a light comes on to let you know that the sensor is active. You then sweep the C-Pen from left to right at moderate speed as if it were a highlighter, and it converts the text on the page into electronic characters on your computer.
- The text instantly appears wherever the cursor on your screen is located, so you can use this device with just about any Windows program (e.g., Word, Access, etc.).
- The recognition rate is higher than I thought it would be; it's better than 99% on book-sized text. In practical terms, this means that you'll get one or two errors on average per paragraph, but these flaws are easily corrected (particularly if your spell checker highlights them for you automatically).
- It's small and easily portable, so you can take it with you to libraries and archives with a laptop.
CONS:
- The character recognition is sometimes thrown off by underlining and other marks on the page.
- You must use it with a PC or laptop that has a USB port (it doesn't run on batteries like some scanning pens).
- Even though it recognizes just about every major language written in Latin, Cyrillic, or Greek letters, it can't handle older typefaces (like German Fraktur). It also has trouble recognizing some symbols (such as footnotes).
- You have to scan each line of text one at a time, so it's not necessarily the best solution if you need to copy many pages of text.
The bottom line is that the C-Pen 20 has been an excellent investment for me, and I recommend it to anyone who's looking for an easy way to transfer printed text into an electronic medium.

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