Our Favorites of 2006: The Long Term Reviews

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Feb 9, 20071 min

It's February of 07, so it's about time we finish this. During 2006, we hardy reviewers at InfoWorld, especially those dedicated elite who deal with the SMB market, managed a number of long-term reviews. That just means that we got our grubbies on several bits of hardware, talked the vendors into letting us keep them for a while (or simply ignored their pleading emails asking for a return) and put those products

It’s February of 07, so it’s about time we finish this. During 2006, we hardy reviewers at InfoWorld, especially those dedicated elite who deal with the SMB market, managed a number of long-term reviews.

That just means that we got our grubbies on several bits of hardware, talked the vendors into letting us keep them for a while (or simply ignored their pleading emails asking for a return) and put those products into real-world work scenarios for a few months instead of just the usual two-day to two-week lab review period. We had a few favorites and a few not-so-favorites in that bunch. This first series will be on the faves.

I’ll be posting these one a day for the next week, so enjoy and feel free to comment with your own experiences if you’ve used one or more of these devices.