Posts by Splodman

Linutop 2

Viglen

This looks identical to the Viglen MPC-L, it is £99 including vat with a bit less ram and a free memory stick - is it the same or the lower spec model mentioned at the beginning of the article?

Lenovo ThinkCentre A61e green PC

Fan

It's got a system fan in addition to the other moving parts, Page 2 first picture, top right. It is fairly quiet but the cpu is not passively cooled as you claim as the fan blows right across the heatsink once the two halves of the case are assembled. I have set up a couple of these and they are perfect for most of the basics, very quiet and tiny.

PlusNet blasts email into blackhole (again)

Been good

Just in their defence, I have been using plusnet for 6 months now and am very happy with the broadband service and the up front way in which they handle the connection (including the unlimited period between 12pm and 8am and no hidden "fair usage" policy), but I don't use their email - I generally don't use my ISPs email service now so that it is easy to change providers without the need to tell everyone I've moved.

Seagate FreeAgent Go 160GB external hard drive

Some things worth mentioning.

Personally, I like the brown and orange as it reminds me of the colour scheme used with very old ICL kit.

You neglected to point out that all freeagent drives have a limited 5 year warranty, which most don't. (you don't mention this on the review of the larger drive either!).

And finally, you only need to use the first of the double ended USB cable connections - the second is used with it when you have USB ports that won't give enough juice. This is useful as it saves having to use an external power supply.