Epinions Recent Reviews for jsc1973

Now there's no excuse not to finish a degree.

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:21:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - I noticed there hadn't been a review of Strayer in the last two years, and since I have started going to school there since then and Strayer continues to grow, maybe it's time to share another point of view on it. A little about myself. I am 35 years...

Excellent, very reliable hard drive.

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:19:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - The Samsung SP1604N has been on the market for about four years now, and is somewhat obsolete, but it's still available for sale at a lot of online outlets. So for the sake of anyone considering purchasing one, I'll say a few words about it. The...

The new king of the "transitional" upgrade!

Fri, 6 Jul 2007 23:58:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - Similar to popular motherboards of the past, like the FIC VA-503 and the ECS K7S5A, the AsRock 775Dual-VSTA and its successor, the 4CoreDual-VSTA, allow do-it-yourself upgraders to reuse older but still useful components while still providing an...

A little "past its prime," but still very good.

Sun, 17 Jul 2005 02:26:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - It was about a year ago, give or take a few months, when the DFI LanParty UT NF3 250Gb motherboard was released to the enthusiast community. It was designed mainly as a motherboard for the most demanding of power users--gamers and hard-core overclockers,...

Crucial Technology MICRON / CRUCIAL (DDRAM) PC2100 256MB DDR266 non-ECC (ct16vddt3264ag-265) Random Access Memory: It takes a licking and keeps on ticking...

Sun, 21 Dec 2003 14:30:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - The reason I say that about Crucial's easily available PC2100 (266 MHz) DDR RAM is that not only does it work great at its advertised specs, but that it's almost always capable of much better than that. The high quality of Crucial PC2100 has allowed it...

MP3s for your driving pleasure...

Sat, 20 Dec 2003 05:52:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - I've wanted to do this review for months, having acquired the Jensen MP3510 back in December of 2001, when it was a lot newer than it is now. It was, and still is, the mid-range product in the Jensen product line of MP3-capable car stereos, a little...

Soltek SL-75FRN2-L nVidia nForce2 Athlon(XP)/Duron SktA DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, LAN Retail ***(Free 2nd Motherboard: Fast, stable and a good deal, too.

Sat, 20 Dec 2003 05:40:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - At least once a year, I find myself upgrading my main computer with faster components, not really so much out of need as just because I enjoy working "under the hood" of a PC and trying to get the most out of it. Back in October, I decided to go ahead...

PowerBook 3400c: Aging like fine wine...

Sat, 19 Jul 2003 19:23:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - As a frequent user of both Macintosh and PC hardware, I had long been convinced that Apple's PowerBook 3400c was probably at or near the current "sweet spot" for value in a low-end laptop computer. It seemed to have what was still adequate performance,...

Great cans for a great price!

Sat, 21 Jun 2003 23:23:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - Like I lot of people who own the HD280 Pro, I was introduced to these headphones while shopping for...

Apple PowerBook 5300c: This one truly gets better with age.

Wed, 29 Jan 2003 01:27:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - The Apple PowerBook 5300 series...many of you know it as the biggest disaster at Apple since the Apple III with its creeping RAM chips that you re-set by dropping it on the table. The 5300 is known for batteries that burst into flames, case plastics and...

Another Quantum in Maxtor clothing.

Sat, 4 Jan 2003 15:58:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - The D740X series of Maxtor hard drives, which were the company's top of the line IDE models when released about a year ago, are still some of the best drives you can buy. This version, the 6L060J3, is hard to come by now, but the later 6L060L3 is...

This is a big PC case that looks good.

Sat, 4 Jan 2003 05:50:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - With microATX and small form-factor (SFF) PC's becoming more and more popular, it's always nice to see a quality computer case for people who don't want their computer to look like a toy. The Antec Performance Series SOHO file server cases, like this...

Here's a good board for a second computer.

Sat, 4 Jan 2003 05:03:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - I'll start by pointing out that Chaintech makes three revisions of the 7AJA. In another review, someone reviewed the 7AJA2 with the VIA KT133A chipset. This one is a review of its near-twin, the 7AJA2E, featuring the KT133E (KTE133) chipset.

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Welcome back Meredith!

Wed, 19 Jun 2002 19:14:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - This album, Meredith Brooks' third since she achieved a measure of musical immortality with her 1997 hit "B*tch" (epinions won't let me type the name), came out on May 21. Although I have to admit I wasn't aware of it until I saw her perform some of her...

Another nice Maxtor drive.

Mon, 27 May 2002 02:16:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - Or should I say, Quantum/Maxtor drive? The Maxtor 2B020H1 is actually based on a Quantum design that was acquired by Maxtor when Maxtor purchased Quantum's hard drive operations a little over a year ago. When the deal went down, Maxtor continued to sell...

Visiontek Visiontek XTasy 5632 AGP 4X / 2X 32MB Controller Card: Fast, tweakable and cheap.

Mon, 27 May 2002 01:42:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - The GeForce2GTS graphics chipset has been out for about a year and a half as I write this, but it still provides good performance on most of today's games, not to mention it flies on older titles. Dozens of manufacturers of nVidia chipset video cards...

The king of cheap 17" monitors.

Tue, 18 Dec 2001 01:45:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - I picked this monitor up three months ago and have since run it through the motions on three video cards and two different operating systems (Win98 and Win2K) without problems.

This monitor is an interesting marriage of a company not known for...

Royal Computer: Good online retailer.

Thu, 13 Dec 2001 21:12:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - I stumbled across Royal when I was using the Pricewatch search engine to find the best price on a new ECS K7S5A motherboard for a new PC I was building. They had the best price and fair shipping rate, so I gave them a shot.

The order went off...

8 years old and going strong...

Sat, 8 Dec 2001 03:29:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - I picked up my 1994 GP a little over two years ago, after my previous car (a BMW) kicked the bucket. It seemed like a nice car then and it's proved to be a good buy for me. Never been dissatisfied. This model is one or two design changes back from the...

An excellent value for the money!

Thu, 6 Dec 2001 06:25:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - When I say it doesn't have all the features of some sound cards, that shouldn't be taken as a slam on the Santa Cruz, which is a great product. It doesn't have the on-board FireWire ports like the SB Audigy or the front control panel of the Herc Game...

This scanner does it all!

Thu, 6 Dec 2001 05:43:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - This is actually a review of the successor to the Visioneer 8820, which not surprisingly is known as the 8920. It has pretty much the same specs and costs a few dollars more. I put it here because Epinions doesn't have a spot for the 8920 yet, and it's...

Your typical middle-of-the-road scanner.

Thu, 19 Jul 2001 21:41:07 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - This model is kind of old now, but I still see it on sale sometimes. I bought mine in December of '99 for $70 and it's still in service despite heavy use. Give the Visioneer 3100B points for reliability.

Also give it points for its quality...

A rare instance where the best-known product is really the best.

Thu, 19 Jul 2001 00:03:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - This is my second review of anti-virus software. I also did one on the competing McAfee VirusScan 5.1, which I do not recommend. Having used both, I can tell you for sure that the Norton product is better.

The version I use is the final OEM...

A must for any baseball fan or writer.

Sun, 15 Jul 2001 21:46:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - As a longtime baseball fan and oftentime sports writer covering baseball, I couldn't get along without this book, now in its seventh edition. I bought the original in 1989 and now own five of the seven editions; you almost have to keep up because they...

Google: If you need something "out there", this will find it...

Sun, 15 Jul 2001 21:20:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jsc1973 - and if it doesn't find it, then it's just not there.

Google has been around for over two years now and hasn't really changed a lot in that time; it's a very efficient search engine that claims to seek what you're looking for in 1,346,966,000...