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28 November 2005
Excellent performance in an affordable price
35 of 39 found this helpful I bought this printer several weeks ago to replace my old Lexmark InkJet printer and so far, I been loving it every single time I use it. It took me about 10 minutes to assemble the parts and about 15 minutes, everything was ready to go.
The speed is reasonably fast for home-business based usage and the quality of printing (even with the Toner Save on) has been much more than I could expect from such a little mono printer.
It takes about 10-15 seconds for the first print if the printer is on the 'sleep' mode, then it prints about 20-25 ppm. No auto duplex printing, but Samsung has made the manual duplex pretty standard and easy. Besides, the printer is very simple for beginner to get through the learning path - there are only two LEDs and one button on the printer.
While this printer has work extremely well for me, there are several drawbacks that you might need to consider before buying it:
1) The retail package does not come with a USB cable. You need to buy an additional USB1.1 "A" to "B" cable in order to connect it to your system. You can, of course, get it quite cheap on eBay.
2) The printer does generate some loud noises while printing, which can be annoying if you're used to work in a more quiet environment. It doesn't bother me much, but my family members complained once that it was a bit too noisy when I send a fairly large batch printing job at night.
3) I couldn't find a software on Samsung website that would show me the ink level of the cartridge. The software that comes with the box is just a driver with a help manual in PDF. Nothing much. Although I've only been using this printer for about a month, I'm sure this can get unpleasant in the future as I can't estimate when to order a new cartridge for replacement.
But overall, for a personal mono laser printer that is under $100 and possibly much less after rebate, I would certainly recommend this printer to anybody.
23 November 2005
Very well made settings!
6 of 8 found this helpful Consider myself not a Star Wars fan, I'm very amazed with this episode compare with the previous two I have seen. The movie is very well made and of course, the story is interesting enough to not keep my eyes off the screen. With that many foreshadowings at the beginning of the movie, I could almost guess what it would happen at the end. I normally enjoy movies or novels more when I am given a bit clues what it is all about. I certainly will give a big thumb and a 5-star rating for this episode.
28 November 2005
Great value when Nano gets all the attention
7 of 8 found this helpful Of course, as most of you all have probably known, Apple has discontinued the line of Ipod Mini as Nano has been emerging into the market quick, and quickier. Since I'm not entirely convinced that Nano is any better than Mini, it's probably the best time for you to grab one Mini if you're seeing a price that seems affordable to you.
Really, the way I see it, Nano and Mini are not so much different except in size, and perhaps it's 'cooler' to have Nano around these days. But who knows when Apple will be coming up with Pico? Obviously, what we all need is a MP3 player that stores a reasonable amount of songs and able to play whenever we want. Thus, I recommend going for a not-so-much different product but a much less price, which seems more logic to me.
I've been owning Mini since it first released and I've tried Nano but decided to return it. Several reasons are as follow:
1) Nano is too small for me to realise if there is anything in my pocket before I put the clothes in loundry. Seriously, the device is so small that makes me think it's not really practical for its intended usage.
2) I prefer the battery life in Mini much more than Nano. Typically, my Mini lasts about 15 hours of continous music playing whereas my ex-Nano lasted about 11 hours.
There are still several other personal preferences over why I chose Mini instead of Nano, but I believe I've made my points acrossed in this review. If you're making a choice between Nano and Mini, I'd certainly recommend you to try out Mini before purchasing Nano, especially when the price is sinking right now!