Product Reviews

Lenovo LEGION 5i PRO 16ITH6 Review [82JF002RUS]

April 12, 2022, 6 p.m.

The Lenovo Legion 5i Pro is an excellent laptop. Performance is good -- near the high end for a consumer laptop -- thanks to the Intel Core-i7 with 24 MB of level 3 cache. It also has some surprising outstanding features, such as the excellent 16" 2560x1600 IPS HDR screen. Other outstanding features are the excellent build quality, the plethora of ports, all at the latest standards, including two USB-C ports, one supporting power delivery, …

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AOC 16T2 Portable Monitor Review

Jan. 25, 2022, 6 p.m.

Multiple monitor computer display configurations have become the norm in recent years. Such setups greatly improve productivity, especially for certain workflows. Multiple monitor setups are not limited to those who regularly work from the same location. For those who work on laptops away form their primary locations portable monitors are available to provide the same productivity. These monitors are thin and light for portability and also do not necessarily require an additional power adapter that …

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Bowers & Wilkins PI3 Review

July 9, 2021, noon

The PI3 is an around-the-neck in-ear Bluetooth headphones from Bowers & Wilkins -- maker of high end audio equipment since the 1960s.

The Bowers & Wilkins PI3 are high performance in-ear headphones designed to deliver the highest quality mobile personal audio experience combined with the convenience of wireless operation in a compact easy to wear design.

And they in fact deliver. Of the other headphones I currently use -- an Audio Technica ATH-m50xBT, a Sony …

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Audio Technica ATH-M50xBT Review

Oct. 11, 2019, noon

The ATH-M50xBT is an over-ear Bluetooth headphone by Audio-Technica -- a maker of professional audio equipment. In making these headphones Audio-Technica began with the design and sound signature of the M50x wired monitor headphones from its Professional line and added the convenience of Bluetooth connection capability. According to Audio-Technica:

The ATH-M50xBT harnesses the legendary M50x studio sound for an exhilarating wireless listening experience, with exceptional clarity and deep, accurate bass response.

Utilizing Bluetooth wireless technology …

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Anker Soundcore Life NC Review

Oct. 4, 2019, noon

The Life NC is the top of the line of a series of around the neck Bluetooth earbud headphones by Anker's Soundcore brand. It features a comfortablearound the neck/on-collar design, adequate battery life, good sound quality, a multi-point Bluetooth connection that allows the headset to be connected to two devices at the same time.

Adding a lot of value to its price point, it also provides a wired listening capability and an active noise cancelling …

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Dell G5-5587 Review for Linux Users [G5-5587-7037RED-PUS]

June 17, 2019, noon

The Dell G5 5587 series laptop, while marketed as a gaming laptop, is worthy of consideration by GNU/Linux users looking for a high performance workstation. It is available in numerous configurations directly from Dell or in specific configurations at retailers. It has a bold and minimalistic design and further differentiates itself from laptops with similar specifications with a design that allows for very easy upgradability due to the thoughtfully designed single piece removable bottom panel. …

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Reflection for UNIX [Android Edition] Review

Aug. 26, 2018, 6 p.m.

Reflection for UNIX (for Android and iOS) is part of a set of tools, collectively referred to as Reflection, originally developed by Attachmate, now part of Micro Focus -- both former owners of SUSE (pending finalization of a sale in the case of Micro Focus) -- to facilitate connections to remote hosts and to integrate remote host applications locally. The iOS and Android app is a simple SSH client offering various terminal emulation modes, …

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Audio Technica ATH-DSR7BT Review

Dec. 13, 2017, 6 p.m.

The ATH-DSR7BT is an over-ear Bluetooth headphone by Audio-Technica -- a maker of professional audio equipment -- in its Sound Reality line, which A-T describes as

for those who demand extreme clarity from their listing experience... designed to deliver the highest level of sonic realism.

It, like the higher-end ATH-DSR9BT, employs technology to maintain a completely digital signal from source to driver to deliver it's High-Resolution Audio conformant sound. We discuss these features and provide …

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Acer Aspire V15 Nitro Black Edition [VN7-592G-70EN] Review for Linux Users

Nov. 1, 2016, 6 p.m.

The Acer VN7-592G-70EN -- a "Black Edition" -- is an iteration of the ASPIRE V Nitro series of gaming laptops. The standout feature of this particular model is its value, offering the high performance -- for consumer laptops -- iCore7-6700HQ quad core processor, 16GB DDR4 RAM, Nvidia GTX960M graphics with DDR5 video RAM, and a 128 GB m.2 SSD in addition to a 1TB mechanical hard drive, and the very state of the art USB …

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LG Tone INFINIM [HBS-900] Review

June 1, 2016, 6 p.m.

The LG HBS-900 Infinium Bluetooth stereo headset is the top of the line of a group of Bluetooth stereo headsets featuring a comfortable around the neck/on-collar design, long battery life, good to superior sound quality, and a unique multi-point Bluetooth connection that allows the headset to be connected to two devices at the same time, where one connection is to a primary device. Compared with the other models in the range, the HBS-900 INFINIM has …

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LG Tone INFINIM [HBS-910] Review

June 1, 2016, 6 p.m.

The LG HBS-910, the current iteration of the Tone INFINIM Bluetooth stereo headset, is near the top of the Tone line of Bluetooth stereo headsets, featuring a comfortable around the neck/on-collar design, long battery life, good sound quality, and a unique multi-point Bluetooth connection that allows the headset to be connected to two devices at the same time, where one connection is primary. The Tone line of headphones is comprised of -- from the top …

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