HighPoint RocketRAID 2640x4

Advantages: VERY Fast, Great Images/Pictures
Disadvantages: NOT powerfull to play high demand games from the internet

...The greats & the wills. The Sony Vaoi is a great little machine! It runs very fast great for the internet and for a laugh to your friends. All the feature on the Sony are great better a desktop XP computer. Most games work on the Sony laptop great speed for some games. Ram is a high point on this laptop and is the best if you use BroadBand. The bads & the wonts There is no bads. The wonts there is only one that is if you like to play games you have downloaded from the internet freely or paid for the download the game play is poor but is still great for home use!! The Sony Vaoi A217 is highly recommended to any home user... Read review

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Advantages: Doesn't strain the eyes, Good quality
Disadvantages: Heavy, Expensive compared to alternatives

...Got this monitor with a PC I bought in January 1999 and since then it's lasted me through 3 other machines to my current one. Whenever I have bought a new computer, I have always moved this monitor to the new machine, and used the monitor shipped with the new machine on the old one. My reason for this? This monitor is too good to leave behind on the old machine. Even though it is over 5 years old now, I prefer it immensly to the monitors shipped with most pre-built PCs today. The image quality is excellent as is the support for different resolutions and refresh rates. The fact that the screen is almost completely flat is also a high point for this product. I can use this monitor in direct sunlight and not have to worry too much about the reflection/glare, which is very useful as my eyesight is not the best. My main gripe... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, quiet, great RAID 0 performance
Disadvantages: 1 year warranty

...I received two of these (60Gb) as replacements for my previous disk (DiamondMax D740X 60Gb, which I also review here on Ciao) which were faulty. I didn't really get off to a good start, as one as of the disks was dead on arrival. It failed to be recognised by the BIOS on any of my machines, and the only controller which so much as acknowledged the drive's presence was my HighPoint 374. It appeared as a 'Maxtor CALYPSO' (the drive's codename), and the controller failed to boot. This indicated an electronics problem and duly, I returned it. On receiving my replacement drive, I striped it together as RAID 0 with the other one and crossed my fingers. From here on out it was nothing but good news! The drives are both exceptionally quiet - Maxtor has replaced the old ball-bearing motors with FDB (Fluid Dynamic Bearing) ones, which... Read review

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