Archive for November, 2010
I don’t know the difference between 2nd or 3rd generation. This one does everything I want it to do.
174818 B21 HP Compaq
Holds lots of photos. I tried putting movies on it and it works but I don’t know the length of time it will hold. Maybe with the holidays coming up I can find out what it will hold.
Hercules DS571XB Home Series
This is a great device, browse the Internet, watch netflix, facebook, etc. Also read books and listen to your music. A must have for people who appreciate electronics!
Guess Gold By Guess
“The Catcher in the Rye” is a great story that showcases the many challenges that young adolescents face when “coming of age” and dealing with loss. It also dealt with identity, innocence, and relationships and many can relate. There are some funny parts too and Holden is a fine character. Overall, this was a great read.
Lists of Mountain Peaks
I’ve been using the CS-1762 for several weeks now. It’s been working flawlessly, and I switch between computers a lot. I’ve used KVMs for years, but this is the first DVI KVM for me.
First impressions: The unit is well built. It is solid, the buttons work, and this is the first time I’ve ever had all the cabling come with the unit.
Read the manual: If you just try to plug it in, and start pressing buttons, you are likely to get confused. The unit can send the keyboard to one computer while keeping the display on another computer. I’m not sure why that might be useful. I’m easily confused, so I don’t do that. The bottom buttons work just like the good old-fashioned kvm switches. There is also a keyboard shortcut to switch between machines (ScrLk, ScrLk, Enter). That is what I use almost all the time.
A quick read through the user manual will tell you this and everything else you need to know to use the box.
To use this box, the keyboard and mouse must both be connected through USB. It comes with a ps-2 to USB adaptor, so you don’t even have to get a new keyboard or mouse. It will also switch other USB items, but I have found that I want USB items to stay with their own computers.
What is completely different between this KVM and every other KVM I have ever used is that the sceen is big and sharp. I run my monitor at 1600×1200 DVI, and (obviously, since it is digital) there is no blurring or ghosting. That is a new experience for me.
I’ve also found that when booting up a machine, you need to switch the KVM to that machine so that it correctly recognizes the monitor resolution. If you forget, then you have to readjust the resolution after boot-up is complete.
I can’t say much about reliability at this point. I’ve owned the unit for a month, and it has always worked flawlessly.
ATEN 2 Port USB
Well, thought I got a great deal on this. Honestly, I didn’t realize it was the card until TWICE I lost pictures from 2 DIFFERENT cameras. I guess it’s a good thing it’s the flippin’ card and not my cameras. Couldn’t believe it though. VERY disappointed.
Tiny Love Gymini Sunny
This is the best GPS I have bought.
It has relevant features to easily find the location you need.
The Life of Columbus
Having been using MX1100 in the past year, I thought this Performance MX would be a nice upgrade. Turns out not so. This Performance MX has one less button than the MX1100. For MX1100, I used one pair of buttons of volume up/down, another pair for shift/control, and the hidden thumb button for application switcher. Before I bought Performance MX, since its zoom button has to be combined with scroll wheel in order to zoom up/down, I thought the zoom button could also be programmed to work with scroll wheel to control volume as well. But that was not the case. So it leaves me one button short.
What’s worse, the zoom button is placed so closed to the other thumb buttons, making them very difficult to use.
And finally, the scroll wheel doesn’t tilt much or click, so it’s very hard to scroll left/right on a page.
I think I’ll be going back to my MX1100 mouse – the MX1100 that comes in the Wave Pro combo also allows charging via micro USB and replaceable AA battery, like Performance MX. Unfortunately Performance MX’s Unifying receiver does not work with the Wave Pro combo.
Btw, I am using Setpoint 4.80 (from late 2009) instead of the newer 6.x version (started around early 2010). Word on the logitech forum is that new 6.15 versions are still very buggy and missing features from the 4.x versions.
Logitech Wireless Performance Mouse