Best and worst tech buys: Tell us and win

[Rocket Raccoon]

Best buy: iPad 2. Primarily used as an ebook reader and porn viewer but I also love the games.

Worst buy: Upgrading with Nashua Mobile. I needed a new phone as I lost my previous one the month before and I was in a bad spot credit-wise. Thank god phones aren't network locked.

[Le^stat]

best buy: LG portable AC unit

worst buy: memory foam slippers

[CrazYmonkeY159]

Best buy:

Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Mechanical Keyboard

Worst Buy:

Roccat Kone[+] Gaming mouse (stopped working 3 days after 12month warrantee ended. Cheers R800)

[Cicci123]

Best = PS3

Worst = Afrihost 4mb uncapped adsl. Perfect for people who wish to wait for 10 minutes for a webpage to load up ha ha ha

[Saltex]

Best Buy : HTC One X

Worst Buy :Samsung SA950 3d monitor, purely because of the issues i had with the item itself and the lack of customer service when asking for a exchange or refund, and also 3d gaming is just a novelty.

[AstroTurf]

Best Buy: Kindle. Simple, efficient, reliable. Perfect in it's simplicity.

Worst Buy: Verbatim 2TB USB3 removable drive.
Terrible support from Verbatim when it died. Very badly put together, fell apart and actually had 4 loose screws inside that were supposed to hold the drive to the bay. Samsung hard drive inside.

[blaaislaai]

Best buy: OCZ Agility 3 60gb SSD drive, I was a bit sceptical about SSD drives untill I bought one, its very quick!

Worst buy: Apple Ipad3, worst tablet I have EVER used. Cannot bluetooth media mp3/pictures to other devices, 720p+ media is extremely laggy. And takes 4 - 6min to bootup.

[droplet]

best buy: galaxy s2. the world of smartphones has changed how i use my device. and the s2 is fast, reliable, supported by an excellent mod community.

worst buy: sony ericcson vivaz pro. runs SYMBIAN!!!. fell apart after one year.

[thijei]

Best buy: Samsung galaxy note

Worst buy: Iburst laptop modem, junk junk junk

[mouks]

Best Buy:

HP 630 Laptop + Nokia C1 + 100 Cell C free off peak mins p/m + 3G Dongle + 3Gig Once off data for R149.00 P/M x 24

Worst Buy:

Woza Online Domains: No control over domain and no tech support. Woza Support told me to contact Vodacom support. Vodacom support told me to contact Woza support. Domain name was taken and practically useless. Website had to me renamed/changed for new domain which I registered elsewhere. The domain was free but cost me more work at the end of the day.. Other then that I always read reviews before by technology

[beans100]

Best buy:
Desire HD

Worst buy:
Intel BattleAxe MoBo

[Lead_Vector]

Best buy: Afrihost 2-for-1 data specials.
Worst buy: External drive enclosure for a hard drive that I could no longer find!

[sand_man]

Best Buy:

This, today from Dionswired online

MARANTZ - AV Receiver (Silver Gold) + Jamo 5.1 Speaker System - Web Exclusive Deal
Item no. 00560452

Brand: MARANTZ

Model: NR1402

Availability: In stock

Was: R10,500.00
Now: R5,500.00

Worst Buy:

A transend 32gb flashdrive from a shop inside the Jumbo Cash and Carry out in City Deep. Paid R200 for it when I should know better. Bought it about 2 weeks ago but to this day I don't know what its true capacity is/was. File transfer rates were around 700kBps. I chucked it...

[hermansteyn]

Best Buy:

My new PC:

Proc: 1x CP-IS3770K Intel i7-3770K Q+HT 3.5/3.9
Mobo: 1x MB-AP8Z77VD Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe
GFX: 1x SC-A680 ASUS GTX680
RAM: 2x ME-C4G3L16X9X2W CML8GX3M2A1600C9W Veng LP 4x2
Storage1: 1x HD-CN256PP Corsair 2.5 PerformancePro 256
Storage1: 1x HD-W3000S6G64 WD30EZRX 3Tb Sata6G GRN 64mb
Chassis: 1x CH-C600TW Corsair CC600TWM window+meshed
PSU: 1x PS-C850HXM Corsair 850w HX Series
Keyboard: 1x KE-LG510 Logitech G510
Mouse: 1x MO-LG700 Logitech G700
DVD: 1x Sony Blueray Writer
Screen: 1x LC-S24B370H Samsung s24B370H 24" LED


Worst Buy:

New ADSL Router thinking that it will fix my poor line stats on my crappy performing 4mb line

[DVTeixera]

Best buy: Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 plus. Got it second hand and I just really like this device, I hate the fact that standard USB chargers may not be used and I always have to buy another one just for the tablet. It would be nicer for more useful apps on the app market, in my opinion. Its pretty awesome and I use it much more than my "worst buy".

Worst buy: BlackBerry 9300 on contract. Although I do enjoy the BIS for use with emails, the email tends to stop working after a reboot. Also, I tend to reboot a lot since the phone is slow and often freezes at its own will. I have "flashed" it with an older OS in hopes for it to run smoother (kinda like when I ditched Vista for Xp), but still seems to give the same problems. I tend to mentally beat it up.