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You wrote this review of smartphones and left off the LG G2 (last year's model which many rate as better than the Samsung Galaxy 5) and the new LG G3, which everyone except you rates better than the Galaxy 5 and still costs several hundred dollars less? Really? Disappointed in you, Tom!

You know, I may see if the notebook supports Raid 0. I could remove the harddrive entirely and put a second EVO 840 500 in the machine and mirror the drives.

I've done this before. My plan is to create the recover-from-a-bad-drive DVD's using the built-in HP utility. Then, I will install the SSD and use the recoveryd DVD's created. Once I have the system restored to the SSD, I'll reinsert the hard drive, delete the partitions and format it. I...

Thank you for the detailed answer. I'm sure it will be useful to others. The Lenovo's are nice, reasonably priced machines, and apparently, they're one of the few who will do an SSD upgrade for a reasonable price. I looked at Lenovo and didn't quite find what I wanted. Then, I found a business...

Yes, I'm also coming to that conclusion. I'm just surprised that no Laptop manufacturer has seen the wisdom of offering a highish mid-range processor with an SSD. The performance would be better for general use than a high-end i7 with a sloooow mechanical hard drive. I think I'm going to buy a...

I need a new laptop for general business work and for doing some web graphics using a tool like Adobe Fireworks. Currently, I have an old and slow Windows 7 machine. I gave it new life for a while by upgrading the RAM to 8 gig and putting an SSD in it. I have a 100G SSD which is less than 50%...

Can you hook the TV up to a Blu-Ray or PC via the HDMI cable to see if they function properly?

I had a Dynex 1080P 19" TV which I used for both TV and as a computer monitor. It worked perfectly, right out of the box. Then, I upgraded to a larger DYNEX and had the problem in which the PC @ 1080P doesn't fill the screen. It turns out this TV was defective. (The computer controls on the TV...