Superb machine for big jobs - 2010 update
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I was prompted to write this review because I received an email from a person who was interested in a followup review of the Electrolux DLX I purchased in 2004.

This mixer excells in dough kneading but I use it many more work hours for flaking and grinding grain, grinding meat and processing fruits and vegetables.

Our diet consists of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, grass fed dairy and meat products.  I make all of our cereal, bread, crackers and other baked goods.  I have a small commercial stone grinder to grind grain but I use the Electrolux DLX grain grinder for smaller jobs.  I process all of our cereal with the Electrolux flaker.  I grind all of our fresh meat with the meat grinder attachment.  I puree vegetables for soup bases and beans for hummus with the berry press attachment.

Despite hours of continuous use the Electrolux DLX never balks, never overheats and always has plenty of power to get through whatever task it is performing.

I saw the Cook's Illustrated November 2005 article which gave the Electrolux DLX a poor rating and the KitchenAid Professional 600 the top rating.  My thought at the time was that those reviewers were nutty.  Granted I wouldn't use the Electrolux DLX to make muffins or waffle batter but I wouldn't get out a large stand mixer to do those tasks either.

The KitchenAid Professional 600 I purchased bit the dust after kneading my whole grain dough for 3 minutes.  It temporarily revived and then suffered a fatal incident 2 minutes later.  I returned it and bought the Electrolux DLX and haven't looked back.

October 2010 update:
My Electrolux DLX machine has been in heavy use for over six years - the machine continues to perform superbly for the wide variety of tasks described above.  All attachments remain functional - nothing has broken - no repairs have been needed.  This Electrolux DLX remains the workhorse of the kitchen.  For smaller jobs I have purchased a Bamix immersion blender.  It nicely complements the Electrolux DLX for mixing, pureeing, chopping jobs that don't warrant getting out the larger unit.
3958989
I must start off saying that this is a second laptop of this spec (and third Asus laptop this year) in the household.
These A8-4500 machines perform amazing for what they are used for in the household- laptops that we as university students use for school and personal use. I additionally installed a 8GB RAM stick in place of the 2GB secondary stick and this machine is now one that is hard to overload!

As someone who has bought three Asus laptops in the past year, I can also comment on the quality (two of these quad-code AMD's and one Intel i3). I have seen reviews of bad touchpads and bad screens, but all three of our computers functioned perfectly from the moment they were unwrapped from the box.
4496238
I like the EWT826BK, for what it costs it's really amazing (as of 07/22/2017) .
Biggest negative is the deep rooted Windows 10 that seems to be bound up in the hardware.

Even with W10 it still runs LibreOffice 5.3, Inkscape .92, GIMP 2.8, Audacious, Acrobat Reader, Firefox, Scribus 1.5.3, VLC
so some props to W10 for running with only 1GB of ram memory

It is a little slow but that is a expected, but it is tolerable.
3837390
I love this thing!

It features a 360-degree hinge design with five modes, which you can switch between laptop, multimedia, tabletop, presentation and tablet. And with Windows 10 Home delivers faster start-ups and gives you easy use with its new interface. Whether you want to use it for work, play, study, entertainment, or everyday -  this machine is ideal and easy to carry around. The weight is 5.1 pounds and 0.90' thin, you can take it anywhere you go without a problem.

It comes with multi-touch control which offers smooth scrolling, swipe, zoom or tap. With Premium Frameless TruType Keyboard and 10-Keypad designed to be comfortable, easy and fast for typing and in putting numbers.  It has an LED-Backlit keyboard to make it easy to type even  in low light.

It comes with an Intel Core i3-5015U entry-level dual processor for laptops based on Broadwell architecture. The CPU feature a 3MB cache and processor speed up to 2.1GHz (no turbo boost support unfortunately). With 6GB DDR3L 1600MHz of memory, It provides power enough for multitasking and my needs.

It comes with 128GB solid state drive  - space enough for a document, files, photos or music. It also provides ultra-high speed read/write to files, gives you access to data quickly and fast starts windows.

The display is a 15.6-inch full HD touch display with LED-Backlit and TruBrite technology offering vibrant visuals and sharp details providing wider viewing angles with IPS technology.  The screen has a resolution of 19201080-pixels and 16:9 aspect ratio...it features integrated Intel HD graphics with shared graphics memory.

I enjoy listening to songs, playing games and watching movies with the built-in stereo speakers tuned by Skullcandy. With DTS Sound audio allowing you to tune the sound and it provides crisp, powerful audio with immersive sound.  Even for these old ears.

As for wireless connectivity, it comes with the latest 802.11/AC wireless technology and Bluetooth v4.1.

It also features a Memory Card Reader, HDMI output, one USB 2.0 and two USB 3.0 ports.

The Toshiba has a three cell/45 Wh Lithium Ion battery (non-removable) that will last up to 7 hours on a single charge (so far I've used it for five hours with no problem yet but I can't swear to the 7 hour claim).  Windows 10 Home is included.

My only complaint is that when in laptop mode the keyboard is not protected in any way...but because of the performance of the laptop overall I can live with that!

Hope you enjoy it too.
3487566
I own one of these wonderful machines, mine is a i5 and I increases the RAM to 16GB and it will also take a second hard drive as well which I have done.  Now this machine is big and heavy BUT I wouldn't trade it for any of these light weight machines out there.  This laptop has room for airflow to keep itself cool and it is durable.  My only complaint is that it doesn't have a HDMI port, but who cares I bought a docking station and have it connected to an external monitor.  This laptop out performs my other laptop which uses a i7 processor.  This machine is EXPENSIVE at least it was when I bought it a few years ago but it is worth every penny.  I don't know why there are a few bad reviews on here but I have had nothing but GREAT service out of mine.
190057
Well I love this machine. Its extremely powerful and I wouldnt really call this a laptop. Its more like a desk/ laptop. Its does extremely heavy don't expect to be caring this and hiking. But I wouldnt really complain about it , given it expected for the power of this machine. The one I bought had only 128 gb SSD and 1 TB hard drive. They could have made a 250 gb standard for the SSD. Because I hardly had enough space on the SSD for all my games. Luckily I can always buy one and easily upgrade it.
The sound quality was good but not really loud. I wished it was a bit louder.
All in all excellent machine .. Con would be the SSD size, Speaker power and weight
2256338
Excellent computer. I have installed a Kingston SSD and Windows 7 to use as a workstation, and this machine is fast. It is really light weight, and small. For $450 you cant beat it.

For anyone looking to buy one of these, here are a few points:
1) This is a business machine, do not expect to buy it and drop in a GPU and start gaming.
2) That being said, the Intel graphics are more than enough for the office suite, some YouTube, and any photo editing.
3) The PSU connections are proprietary. There are no n-lok connectors, on SATA.
4) If fitting a 2.5" drive, you will want to buy an adapter to 3.5", or get creative.

All in all, its awesome for the price, and its perfect for the small office environment.
3456023
great machine big or small job I had a big job went through it like butter I would recommend it to a friend or family
4280987
I love my Toshiba S55-B5280 laptop again!

My laptop was VERY sluggish with its factory 1TB 5400 RPM Toshiba drive. Other specs on laptop: 12 GB RAM, Intel Core i7-4510U processor, 4M cache, 2.6 GHz. Not a top of the line box, but not a bad machine- however, the original SATA HDD was holding it back BIG TIME. Really, they shouldn't put 5400 RPM drives in otherwise decent laptops.

Adding this SSD made all the difference. I'm a software engineer building not huge apps in Java and .NET. I'm running SourceTree with git, Thunderbird email, and some other dev tools here and there. Was unbearable to do anything on this laptop on Windows 10 with the old drive. With the new drive, performance is as expected and I'm productive again. This is the only brand SSD I've ever bought, but I have been happy with the Samsung label basically for all my consumer electronics choices.

Can't go wrong with the Samsung 850 EVO drive. From what I've read the upgrade to the 860 doesn't seem worth it either, so save some money and get the 850.
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Being an owner of several other pieces of Jet equipment, I was very eager to make the jump from my Dewalt DW733 bench planer to this workhorse, and to date I have  not been disappointed.  I have owned this machine for about 6 months and have run both soft and hardwoods through it and it has performed well.  I have to admit, the setup and tweaking of this machine took some time but I was able to virtually eliminate all of the snipe.  The secret seemed to be to adjust both ends of the infeed and outfeed metal rollers to angle slightly upward so the material will feed tightly against the inside infeed and outfeed rollers.  Upon adjusting and readjusting with several test cuts, I was able to eliminate the snipe.  Also, many reviewers complain about the scale not being accurate.  I found mine to work rather well again after some slight adjustments.  Now I unlock the head, bend over to look at the scale straight-on, crank the head to the desired height, i.e., set to 5/8 of an inch if I want to remove 1/8 off a 3/4 inch thick board.  Simply fire up the unit and feed your material through and you will be surprised at how accurate the cut will be.  Here are a couple of additional points to consider.  Make sure to adjust the height on both feed rollers as described in the manual.  Using the wooden block that is described is a bit hokey but it does work.  This will also lead to more accurate, clean cuts.  Also, be sure to test the tightness of the belts upon the initial start-up.  I had to adjust mine a couple of times to get the tension just right.  (When they were loose the machine would start up with a "bang" until I got the tension corrected).  Also, be sure to wire this up to a 30 amp breaker.  You will notice some "handwritten" reference to this if you download the manual online.  I called Jet tech support on this and the reason for the heavy duty breaker is due to the amperage that is drawn by the unit upon its initial startup.
All in all I am very pleased with this unit, and I am sure it will remain a cornerstone piece of equipment in my shop for many years to come.
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This machine is powerful. It runs super fast and quiet. Personally I prefer win 7, not 10 since it is easier to navigate. I used this machine for work, for writing code and playing games without any problems.
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I'm very happy with my 1000h. I'd been looking for a new laptop, something a little smaller and more portable than my aging Compaq that weights in at about 9 lbs with the battery. After reading way too many reviews for netbooks, it came down to a choice between the Asus 1000h or the MSI Wind. I decided to go with the Asus 1000h with the 160GB hard drive, just because I've never had any problems with Asus motherboards.

First off, this is a slick looking machine. It doesn't really matter to me what my computer looks like, but this is an eye catching device - shiny and svelte. As others have mentioned, however, it is a fingerprint magnet. The 1024x600 screen is sharp and clear, and is very visible even from side angles.

Performance-wise, I'm reasonably impressed with this. With the 1.6 Ghz Atom, it is not super-powered beast, but it's run just about everything I've thrown at it so far. It comes with Windows XP, which runs very fast on it. It runs Office fine, decent Photoshop performance, great at web surfing and internet video. It's been great for every day computer tasks. This is the first computer I've ever bought where game-playing wasn't one of the top priorities. I have a decent desktop for that. That said, it is a more capable gaming machine than I would have thought, considering the integrated graphics. It plays older games quite well, including Diablo II, Jedi Knight II, Unreal Tournament 1, and it even runs Halo fairly well (with lower end settings).

Wireless performance is good, thought I haven't tried it out on a Wireless N router yet. Haven't used the webcam much yet but it seems pretty decent, though perhaps a little grainy. Plenty of USB ports, and it works great with a bluetooth mouse. The touchpad is a little sensitive, and the buttons are a bit stiff, but I've already gotten used to it. As others have said, the right shift position is a little awkward, but I mostly use the left so I haven't really noticed. Otherwise keyboard is great - very close to full size and easy to use, even with my gigantic hands.

The real selling point for me on this one was the portability, and 3.2 lbs with 5-7 hour battery life is about as good as it gets. It seems solidly built, but it's not ruggedized or anything. I replaced the neoprene sleeve that it came with with a bit thicker case, the Caselogic LNEO-10, which fits in my messenger bag no problem.

This is a great portable computer but I wouldn't use it as my only machine. Storage is good (160Gb), but not really enough if you have a lot of music or videos. And the lack of an optical drive is great for saving weight, but not really practical if it's your only computer.

In terms of price to performance ratio, this machine is flat out AMAZING! Perfect for students or anyone who needs a very lightwieght laptop and doesn't have tons of cash to spend.
4138131
Great work computer. The L450 at this price is unbelievable value and performance. this is my home and travel laptop and does a great job. Love Windows 7 pro! Seriously Windows 10 is awful and I cringe thinking I will have to use that trash one day.
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A true portable workstation.  This unit is a great performer and has the ability to be configured to support the most demanding business person.  Good luck finding anything that comes close at twice the price.  A quick search of the web will confirm my position concerning this machine.
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My machine arrived last week.

1. This is a large heavy (800+ lbs} machine. It comes on a large wooden pallet.  I needed to cut down the pallet to even get the machine thru my shop door on a pallet jack and needed to do a fair amount of cribbing with an auxilliary jack to remove the machine from the pallet.

2. There were 2 problems when I got into the machine -- the motor mount shaft had lost a bolt/washer (in the farthest inaccessible corner of the cabinet) and it took an hour + to get the motor back mounted correctly.  Also, a set screw was loose on the top belt roller bracket -- which led to it being ejected the first time I turned on the belt tensioner switch.  It was simple to put it back in place and tighten the set screw.

3. The instructions DO NOT tell you the machine has continuous air bleedoff when you run it.  The air noise is normal -- do not adjust to stop the noise -- or you will have more work to re-adjust!

4. The instructions DO NOT caution you to be careful when installing the sanding belts to make sure they are INSIDE the air oscillation horseshoe -- I lost 2 belts before I figured out what was happening.

5. The 5 hp motor DOES really require 35 amps each line 220v, even though my Delta Dnisaw 5 hp motor only needs 20 amps 220v.

6.  The machine itself is 5 star quality. Belt changes are really about 30 seconds -- giving substantial time savings over any of the sanders requiring you to cut and roll sandpaper on the rollers to change grits.  The platen arrangement allows the actual sanding surface to be only the 2 bottom drums for coarse sanding, the 2 bottom drums and the platen, or just the platen for fine finishing.  I have found top quality Klingspor sanding belts available to fit this machine.

7. The manual is available on the Grizzly website so you can review in advance to learn more. Other than as noted above, the manual is very detailed and provides great pictures and descriptions.
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This is very cool machine!
It has brilliant high DPI non-touch display (2880x1620). It has backlit keyboard.
Flash drive is in RAID0 and delivers up to 1000Mb/sec transfers!
It has NO internal Intel HD 4000 video card, but only his nVidia Geforce GT 650 which has 2Gb + 2Gb shared video memory.
Notebook has good thermal conductivity and it is very confortable even on high GPU demand.
Internal sound is excellent! Best notebook sound I have ever heard.
It has nice full keyboard that is very suited for software development.
The laptop boots very-very fast in seconds.
Windows 8.1 is mandatory for it! That fixes a lot of high DPI problems and works just perfect.

I recommend this machine to every software developer or photographer.
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Unfortunately the laptop is in the shop already after having a cup of coffee dumped on it... but it was running great while we had it :) Really powerful processor, everything ran very cleanly and quickly. Bought the upgrade because the old laptop was so slow when trying to integrate multiple graphics into other documents and didn't like to run too many programs at once. With the new MacBook we can have everything open and running, be juggling multiple images in photoshop, formating in Word, switching back and forth, moving .tif images here and there, and it all works smoothly with no lag.