Apple Reviews

I ordered this on Apr 1, Amazon listed 1-2 weeks delivery. On Apr 20, I asked for status, they say it will ship Apr 21. Then Apr 21 I got an email, it will ship July 14 or something like that due to delay. Amazon should not hold orders that is 3 months delay. I waited a month now with no LCD.

First thing I did when setting this up in our demo lab was to say wow! It has very good features as well as a crystal clear picture. Setting up is easy. The colors are brilliant. I only wish I could afford this for home use. Go to the cnet.com to read about other LCD monitors available, if you like me, can't afford to buy this monitor for home use and still want one. Over all I was very pleased and I highly recommend it.

So far, after having experienced a Cornea flat screen a couple of months ago, I have to say that you truly get what you pay for. This one, by Viewsonic, sure is not unexpensive, but it delivers a huge, crisp, rich picture that I just love! It is also very stable, so it takes a good push to move it by "accident". I have it as the companion to my Tablet PC at work and it doesn't get any better than that. No complains, highly recommended.

I really wish that I could give this Apple product 5 stars, write some words of praise, and be on my way, but unfortunately I would feel uncomfortable recommending this monitor.

For two full years, this monitor was great. The resolution is generous, it is bright, and the fully digital ADC interface is perfect. Colors look good from a wide range of angles. The casing is smart and takes up little space, and it's easy to clean. The touch-sensitive power and brightness buttons are a nice touch that you expect from Apple.

Unfortunately, after two years, the top half of my display suddenly went dim, which is extremely annoying. I wouldn't post a negative review here just because I got unlucky. I am posting here because hundreds of customers have seen their displays fail within the first two years. Just look at Apple's discussion boards to see for yourself. (I can't post URLs in reviews.) Apple has not acknowledged that this is a widespread problem, and repair costs exceed that of a new display. It is also unclear as to whether or not this problem has been fixed in newer models.

After ruining my existing CRT monitor, I had to buy a replacement. Searched for low-cost, high-quality CRTs and found none (went to at least 6 stores). Brought home two CRTs and immediately took them back. Then decided to up the ante by looking at LCDs. Bought the Sony SDM-HS73 (based on reviews and store demo). Brought it home and immediately didn't like the text when plugged in my G4 -- very fuzzy and gave me a headache.

So I finally did what my wife and several friends suggested, spend the $700+ and buy the monitor I knew I really wanted/needed. Save yourself the search and buy the best to start.

Cons: price tag, only Mac compatible, must need ADC.

I purchased this card as one of the original guinea pigs, when the 32 MB card was just released. It was significantly more money, but the pre-release reviews had it as a big improvement for 3D applications (not games). What a waste of money. You get more bang for the buck with the Rage Orion.

I bought this card at the going rate, because other companies refused to support the mac on hi-end graphic cards, or for that matter any graphic cards with decent resolution. I have had this card in my updated G3 minitower for about 3 years now, and it has performed to my expectations.

I am currently waiting for my new dual 1Ghz Mac, with the new Nvidia Ti card. Finally card manufactures are paying attention to millions of Mac users, who expect more than just on-board video. ATI has tried to at least keep the market fair, by introducing cards for the Mac, and I supported them for their efforts.

I purchased the X5150 about a week ago a local Best Buy. I brought it home and immediately tried to print one particular digital photo that I've had diffuculty getting a good print of. My old Canon BJ3100 just couldn't cut it. The print quality with the Lexmark X5150 exceeded all of my expectations. Kudos to Lexmark for having the highest quality inkjet prints I've ever witnessed. The experience then got much worse...

I had an old UMAX 2100 scanner with which I'd begun scanning all of my old family photos. It's scan quality was abysmal and this is one of the main reasons I sought to replace my poor printer and poor scanner with this unit. I started scanning photos only to realize that skin tones appeared very yellow, almost jaundiced. White walls appeared beige, and just about everything had a yellow/brown tone to it. I thought maybe it was a calibration issue so I consulted the manual only to find out that there is no calibration. I contacted Lexmark's tech support via Email and they advied me to reinstall the driver software, which I did and the problem remained. I then called their phone support today. I was on hold for only a few minutes and the fellow I spoke with was polite and knowledgable. He surmised that there is probably a problem with the 'scan head' and that I should exchange the unit. I took it back to Best Buy and in the space of 10 minutes I had a new unit. I just arrived back home with it and after installation, I see that it has the exact same problem. This appears to be a design issue and not a defective unit.

Best Buy's exchange process was quick and painless and their price was unbeatable, I have no complaints there (with this purchase...)

I have to applaud Lexmark for excellent print quality and for fabulous tech support, but the scan quality is just awful. The images are sharp, with few artifacts, but the color is WAY off. I could touch up each and every photo with software, but I plan to scan thousands of photos and I'd rather not wast my time that way. I'll be returning the unit and exchanging it for a different model. I intend to try another, slightly higher-end Lexmark unit as I was very happy with the print quality. Perhaps a higher-end unit will have better scan quality.

I think the Lexmark X5150 is a great printer in the scan quality, printouts, fax, and photocopies. The printing is really fast but a color photocopy takes a little long. The fax is not that fast either. Overall, it is really good for an all-in-one but it not a) a fast copier or b) fast faxer. It is good for everyday use and I use it everyday to photocopy, scan, and print and it works great. If you are looking for an inexpensive all-in-one for your home, this is the one.

This is a neat little printer. It is light, so it is easy to move around. It is easy to install, and really easy to operate. The print quality is also excellent for such a small printer. It takes two cartridges, a black one and a multi-colour one.

The paper handlers slip neatly into the body of the printer when it is not in use, so it takes up very little desk space. And even when in use it is very neat. The paper holder is vertical, so it takes up no space behind the printer. So only the printed document tray is using up space as you print.

The drawback is the speed. It is very slow, especially printing a full colour document. But there has to be some drawback when you purchase anything, and for the price this is an excellent home printer. Because it is easy to use, the kids are less likely to mess with it.

If you are running an office, forget it! It is just too slow for business use.

This is a good quality printer for a very good price.
Printing is not too fast, but I never had a problem. The software is good and runs great with Xp. Ideal for home use.

I bought an iStick and have been using it for flight sims. Overall it's a pretty good joystick but I've found a few problems. It has a nice weighted base, but the plastic in the handle is a bit flimsy. The handle is seamed and gives a bit or even cracks if you grip it too tightly. The HAT switch is also pretty flimsy plastic and can crack or even come off in use. There are 2 centering dials which are useful for calibration, but I found I had to use the iStick Manager software to re-center the joystick fairly often. My biggest problem with the stick though is that after a week or two of use the internal centering tabs break and the joystick ceases to 'bounce' back to center. This is a design flaw, because (after taking the joystick apart) I found that the internal spring mechanism is held in place and centered by a very tiny and thin plastic protrusion. After repeated use (and back and forth movement) the protrusion breaks off. If MacAlly had used metal for this protrusion (or even made it of thicker plastic) this would be an excellent joystick. But as is, it only lasts a few weeks with hard use.

definitliy a good buy for mac users. It has very good control control and very few glitches. I reccommend it highly. Macally made another good one.

The photo on the Target website shows a cable input/output for cable protection. The unit arrived with a phone line input/output-not much help for those expecting protection on their cable line!

Awesome. Its changed my pc experience, that ball of wires is gone! Note: the PC700 I got is black/clear color, phone jacks are on the end. Way heavy construction, I feel safe. good build.

I ordered this monitor because it was a NEC and fit nicely into my new wall desk. The monitor I received had extremely washed out color. Three phone calls to NEC service finally got me a replacement set with a slight improvement in color quality. I would not buy this monitor again.

The NEC MultiSync LCD 1525M monitor has excellent color and runs on low voltage making it far more cost effective and it saves your eyes, much easier to look at, while doing long periods of computer work. It was very easy to install and came with instructions for various hook-up formats.

I'm very pleased with my NEC MultiSync moniter. LCD is the way to go if you can afford it... as the prices go down and the availability of LCD becomes the standard, it will become the only way to view your computer. The NEC has a very small footprint and the weight is a lot less than the CRT.

Works great and it's simple. The only lack I can notice, is that it could be a great accesory for my car, using my iTrip and changing songs and volume with the remote, but this is not possible because there's not space for both devices, maybe with an adapter. What do you think?

I use my iPod for the living room stereo - it sits in a dock on top of the stereo cabinet. Before buying the NaviPod, I had to get up and walk over to the iPod to change a song - a bit of a pain. But the NaviPod allows me to do this and more without getting up.

Not only does it allow you to skip songs forward and backward, but it also allows you to control the iPod's volume (it has a mini stereo jack on the back to plug your stereo into). This was a nice added bonus which I didn't even realize it would do when I purchased it. You can also pause playback and even turn the iPod on and off from across the room by holding down the pause button (same way the iPod itself works).

Seems fairly well designed - no complaints so far other than the slightly high price.

First, I'm assuming my specific ve510+ was defective. Some pixels (little dots) were permanently blue. Other pixels never lit up at all. This problem persisted on two separate computers: one with a Radeon graphics card; the other with an nVidia. Certainly, the image was viewable. Only a few pixels seemed to be affected. Nevertheless, this funkiness bugged me. So, I returned the monitor.

Nevertheless, even ignoring my pixel problems, I am only giving the monitor three stars. Frankly, given the brand (and the price), I expected a higher quality image.

Certainly, the colors were good. However, the overall image did not appear to be a significant improvement over other 15" LCD displays costing considerably less than the ve510+. ...Actually, I thought the picture was a bit grainy -- but then, maybe I was influenced by the odd and/or missing pixels... :-)

Bottom line, the ve510+ appears is an acceptable monitor. If color is your primary criteria, it may be one of the best choices. However, I cannot recommend the overall picture quality. And, for those on a budget, I feel you can purchase a comparable unit at a significantly lower cost.

Hope this helps!

Before I begin my review, I need to explain to readers that I'm new on LCD Viewpanel user. My requirement for LCD Display was my CRT monitor would dying soon and a need of space.

Overall, this LCD is good, It's color is good.

Since I'm in Video Editing fields, the color is really important for me. If you're using it for video / graphics / desktop publishing, I can recommend this one. At first I'm a bit worried on color when using LCD, but, after take a look, the color is great, almost like CRT monitor. The LCD panel had Larger viewing angle (Larger Horizontal and Vertical view)

Other thing which make this product good is so thin (and smaller) compared with other LCDs (including other Viewsonic LCDs). My workspace is very-very limited, but when I remove the CRT monitor and changed to LCD, now I have a lot of space, larger space.

Unfortunately, this is why I only put 4 stars for this product, the built-in speaker is poor, not really good. The quality of the sound is just like hearing radio. I suggest you bought other speakers if audio is an important thing.

Other great things you can have from this, although I'm not using it, you can put this viewpanel on the wall, mounted on the wall. It already had place for screws in the base for attach to optional wall mount adapter.

When buying this unit (or other newer viewsonic monitors), you'll get Viewsonic color Wizard CD-ROM to calibrate your viewpanel. It helps a lot.

Hope this review can help you on making a purchasing decision.