Apple Reviews

First off, I am a huge HP fan!!! The R&D department should be fired for making this printer. This is the worst printer I have ever used & by far the loudest. I have had 2 of these printers now & they always jam up no matter what type of paper you use. I am taking this one back too & getting a high end HP color laser. All I can say about this product is stay far away & don't even consider thinking about buying one. BTW I am still a huge HP fan.

HP misses the mark on this one. Took hours to set up. Could not connect with USB on Windows XP. "24 hour" HP tech support closes at 5. Clearing paper jams requires removing major components. The unit churns, clangs, and roars like a beast. Print quality is okay, however.

I like that this is a real toner laser printer as opposed to one of those wax-type printers and that it is pretty fast. Drivers are OK but could use some help (I'm using win2000). Of course the price is great for a color laser!

Didn't like that it is kinda loud - can't print after family goes to bed! Also, it is not picture quality. The colors are sometimes WAY off, the drivers have no adjustment for this and the quality is like a magazine print - nasty dot effect. Finally, the toner rubs off on light colors! Really wierd.

In conclusion, I should have bought a simple B&W laser and a color Inkjet Photo printer to serve my needs. My wife says I'm not allowed to make this sort of purchase anymore and is confiscating the credit cards after this one! :-)

I've just received my third defective monitor from Viewsonic. The first monitor suffered from uncorrectable vertical distoration, bent vertical grid wires, and uneven brightness. The second monitored started failing after four months of use. The new monitor has uneven brightness where half the monitor is darker than the other half. Viewsonic has lost me as a customer. The shipping cost to return them is starting to add up.

Bought the monitor in January, good brightness, color and clarity. Faded to black in June - returned for repair....

I noticed the blurriness early on too, but a bit of tweeking and everything became clear and easy to read.

The ultrabrite mode is incredible and highly recommended for anyone who plays computer games. Double contrast and brightness makes day scenes very realistic, and you no longer have to stumble around in the dark at night or in caverns.

I found it comfortable to set the resolution at 1600x1200 at 85hz.

Also, this monitor is very cheap now, at only [item price]. For 19 inch and 2048x1536, this is the best deal I could find.

I have owned this monster for almost 1 year so maybe wife will let me smash it with a hammer now. If you like to hear "problems communicating with printer" this is the machine for you. Also you will learn to uninstall and reinstall software flawlessly. Maybe I could give it to my mother in law?

I too got this printer with a new Dell computer, but I have had NO PROBLEMS!!! The software install is flawless and the printer itself is so user friendly. I have NEVER HAD any paper jams or problems with ink or scanning. What more could you want from a print/scanner combination, this printer is a piece-of-cake.

I bought the Lexmark X85 some months back and have had no problems with the printer or my computer's connection to the printer. It is user friendly, I didn't even need to refer to the manual for any directions. I've never once had a paper jam. The only bad thing I can think of is the ink costs more than most, but even that is bypassable with all the refill packs going around. The picture quality and speed of printing is the best i've seen for an inkjet.

I have had this USB tower for 3 years and still have not been able to get it to work correctly with my computer. Don't by Belkin adapters if you are a Mac user. Belkin's drivers don't work properly with Apple software, they prevent the startup of your computer if you have them plugged in & they conflict with other drivers. Belkin has never updated their drivers for Mac computers so they actually work properly. I have wasted $$$ buying the tower, a serial adapter & a SCSI adapter, none of which work properly. My older Keyspan serial adapter works much better. I have complained numerous times, but Belkin doesn't respond to any customer complaints/feedback.

I bought the Belkin 7-Port USB Busstation Modular Hub because I was in need of a great number of USB ports for a server of mine. While the price was a bit outrageous origionally, I happened to find it on clearence and scooped it up.

It works very well, looks pretty nice, and having the flexability of the different modules Belkin makes could be handy.

A great USB 1.1 Hub for [the money], but not for [more], considering the cost of the additional modules.

How many of you own more than 4 USB devices on one computer? Even if you have 3 USB devices, you are probably about to trash that little 4-port USB hub you just bought. That's where this 7-port USB hub comes in.

It would probably be messy to daisy chain more than one 4-port USB hub. This 4-tier, 7-port USB hub is totally expandable. You can change this modular hub into any combination, ranging from 4-USB ports to 12-USB ports to adding a serial port, etc.

At the high price, it's kinda hard to purchase if you're trying to upgrade from a 4-port USB hub to this ... .

I'm reasonably happy with how this printer performs in general, and it does the job as a quick and dirty copier.

However, I was extremely disappointed that Canon apparently doesn't have the slightest intention of writing MacOS X native printer drivers for it. As a workaround, I print my documents to a PDF file and then run Acrobat in the Classic environment to print from there. MacOS X PDF support is excellent, so this works quite well.

Nevertheless, given Canon's disgraceful lack of support, I doubt that I'll ever buy a Canon printer again.

The versatility and light-weight, compact design of this machine made it practically irresistible to an iMac man like me. But after experiencing some communication problems between the printer and my computer, and then noticing that the product is absent from the catalogs of most Macintosh dealers, I was able to determine that the Canon 545 uses a conversion cable for USB compatibility. The Canon 555, on the other hand, comes with "hard-wired", built-in USB capability. Only slightly larger and a few dollars more than the 545, the 555 may be the better bet for most Mac users, at least in this price range.

I am a Mac G3 user and for the price and all the functions this machine performs, I think it is great. I have space restraints and this is the smallest of the multifuntion machines. Probably the only thing I don't love is the quality of the printing, although if you instruct your computer to print on best quality (which is slow) the quality is much better!

You'll hear all kinds of warnings and threats from Apple and Apple fans about buying third party adapters, but oddly enough the Apple Store sells third party adapters . . . and my Mac repair shop uses a third party adapter on their machines that costs about 40 bucks. Apple's own adapter, however, WILL break. The cord is just too cute (i.e. fragile), and if you do anything like what you're suppossed to do with a laptop (that is, if you sit with the laptop in your lap), forget it! Prepare to hand over another 100 bucks in a couple of months. I just got the iGo Juice (which Apple sells on their site) and it works fine. Further, it's actually sturdy. No, I'm not an iGo company shill. I just don't see the point of buying mediocrity because it's cute and has the little bitten apple on it.

After 6 months of use I"ve managed to sever the tiny wire from Apple's cute little adapter with its "stowaway" prongs (believe me, no heroic effort required). So now I'm down to less than 2 hours of battery power and 6-8 hours of word-processing before tomorrow's class. Okay, it was my fault, and I"ve got enough juice left to order a new one from Amazon. No big deal. But what's this? I was expecting to spend ten-fifteen bucks! At least there are cheaper, more rugged alternatives. In this case, substance beats out style.

(The solution proved to be the SmartDisk adapter for the Powerbook Titanium. It's less compact but no less "stylish" than Apple's "portable" adapter and far more effective--no sparks from the prongs, for one thing. And it even costs less--a comparative bargain.)

There's no real reason to have a nice-looking power adapter, but it's more useful to have one that works. In the month that I have used the Apple iBook, I've run into no trouble with the power adapter.

As sidey writes, the cable is rather short, but with the recent power adapters, there is inclduded an extension cord, allowing for a decent amount of reach. The plug itself when with the extension cord is a three-pronged connector, but without the extension is simply a foldable box that protrudes two inches. This is annoying, especially when plugging the power cord behind a bed or some place that there is very little room.

However, with the extension cable, everything is made better. I just don't know why Apple didn't have the power adapter always attached to the extension cord, because it makes more sense, though is less "compact." The normal power connector and the extension cable are easily interchangable, though it took me some time to figure out exactly where to pull off for fear of ruining the power adapter.

It is definitely nice.

I think the Apple case is great if you want only a sleek genuine Apple case to hide your precious Ipod. On the other hand, The case itself is very impractical and doesn't really secure or protect anything. I have a 4th generation 40gb Ipod and I find it annoying to have to pull it out of the case to manipulate the click wheel everytime. There are better cases out there for far less money and better access to your precious cargo.

DON'T keep your baby in this carrier. It's like driving with your child in the front seat, airbag on and no seatbelt through heavy traffic. You are an accident waiting to happen. The Belkin wallet holder has much more padding but no belt holder. I haven't found the perfect holder yet but I'm still on the lookout. The ipod needs to be firmly secured with padding all around the edges, attatched to your body at all times, yet you have to be able to easily access the front of it. Get that perfect case on the market people!!

When I recieved my first Ipod 20gb I was really disapointed with the case that came with it. Apart from killing the Ipods good looks I dropped it twice in the first two days because of the rather weak clip. Not only was I dissapointed with the above mentioned, but I couldn't believe that Apple made a case with no protection on the corners for a product that beggs care and attention. I don't know what the statistics are but there is a good chance that if the Ipod takes a fall it will hit the corner at some point in the disaster!
When I recieved my new 40gb Ipod with the dock I couldn't believe that Apple were still sending this case out with a product of this class. Surely someone has made this complaint to the company during the last few years! I gave it a two only because the material it is made of is reasonable quality and it functions - if you dont drop it and are extremly careful when using the clip.

This piece of kit is transformed from being quite useful to junk status when you load up with XP.

I bought an X-73 a year ago for a small business I was starting. Continually had problems having to uninstall & reinstall printer. Spent hours on phone with tech support & e-mails with tech support. Finally, in the last month of my warranty Lexmark sent me a different printer. One month later it stopped printing color. After more hours on phone & tech support (I'd get disgusted & just not print color for a while because I didn't have time to spend on the phone & messing with the printer) the final result is that I could pay $ for Lexmark to fix it (no longer under warranty - you see), never mind that I paid $200 for the original & could now buy it for $98 average price. DO NOT BUY A LEXMARK PRINTER

The X73 does work with winXP.

Even when you update the driver for winXP on lexmark.com... it even tells you to click ok. Just go on with the install. It works fine.

Oh, as for the X73 it is a good printer/scanner. Pretty quite and does all in one jobs. The only true complaint with this printer is the ink is friggin expensive. Color ink is about 40.00 and black ink is about 30.00.

You can get generic ink. But I do NOT highly recommend getting the generic ink in COLOR.
generic ink in BLACK is fine.

I feel that the generic COLOR ink goes out to fast and yea you save 10-15 bucks... but in the run...it does not last long. As for the generic BLACK ink. its fine.

The printer is easy to use and does damn good job on photo printing,,, as long as you go to your printer setting and select PHOTO and the glossy paper (and make sure you put in glossy photo paper. And let the X73 do it's thing.

Also I think the X73 is USB 2.0... but is compliant with the odler version of the USB,,, but just takes a little longer to take off.

Now go enjoy your new X73. There cheap in price... but does it's job.

A bit pricey, but unfortunately, you need one of these things to unlock the FM radio feature. The big issues: After a couple months of flawless performance, I started to get the noise, random cutoff and extremely touchy controls noted in other reviews here. After one not-too-tremendous drop, the remote stopped working completely. Still writing to Creative about beginning the RMA process.

As far as when it's working, like I said, it's necessary for radio features. On my Muvo2, it's particularly crucial, since the poorly-designed case doesn't allow access to any of the controls (let alone the LCD screen), so if you want to protect the player, you'll either have this or be pulling apart the case's velcro over and over. Unfortunately, the remote doesn't let you change folders, so you'll be pulling the player out from time to time regardless.

The unit is a bit big and awkward, especially with the way it plugs into a Muvo. The 'mode' button is easy to hit accidentally. Of course, I'd live with the drawbacks to get the extra features and accessibility -- if my unit worked. In that case, I'd probably give it three stars.

build was ok. functionality was good.

but everytime i plugged my headphones into the remote, i got a good deal of static and background noise that i didnt get when i plugged directly into my nomad. that ruins my music listening experience and so, i returned mine.

anyone else get this problem? if not, maybe ill give it another try.

It has some neat features, like FM and backlit display for night time. I have the nomad3 mounted under the seat with this display on the console. However, the buttons are funky. Sometimes not working. For example, to turn on the unit, you have to hold the on button for a good length of time - but even that doesn't do it. Sometimes you have to do thisonce, sometimes twice - most often 3 times before it will turn on the player. To turn off, hold the stop button - this always works. There is no album advance either - making skipping an album a chore. Construction is somewhat flimsy so no swinging the player around by the remote...

I have an Entrega mac4U hub that is still in warranty and has been a source of lots of trouble...freezes, etc. When I first got it I wrote Entrega about the problems and they advised me to write ...apparently Entrega wanted this address to reply. I wrote them several times...they never answered my mail.I have no idea who they are and what their connection with Entrega is. This hub is completely unreliable when used with an I MAc and Entrega never made an attempt to make it right. I paid 129.95 for it but will never buy their product again. If anyone knows how to contact entrega (if in business) please let me know. Totally dissatisfird with their product.

A classic example of rushing a product to market before it's ready. It freezes my G4 if I try to start it with the dock plugged in, and gives me an erroneous power warning otherwise. And my 8-series HP printer will only work with an out-dated 6-series driver. I explained all this to tech support, and the reply was, "Oh yeah, that doesn't work." They're supposedly working on a fix that was supposed to be ready a month ago. When will computer companies learn to fix products before they sell them?

Entegra makes it possible to purchase a USB-type computer and avoid the purchase of MANY adapters. No problem booting up like the other guy had, and the hub keeps the ports within easy reach all the time, making hot-pluggable exchanges quick. Very convenient and a good value.