Jon L. Jacobi

Jon L. Jacobi

Freelance contributor

Jon Jacobi is a musician, former x86/6800 programmer, and long-time computer enthusiast. He writes reviews on TVs, SSDs, dash cams, remote access software, Bluetooth speakers, and sundry other consumer-tech hardware and software.

Articles by Jon L. Jacobi

Perfect Backup review: Perfect? No, but darn close

Perfect Backup review: Perfect? No, but darn close

Free programs as easy to use and as versatile as Perfect Backup don't come down the pike often. With support for network, FTP, and online destinations, it's also far more capable than you might expect.
7 months ago
Crucial P3 SSD review: Top PCIe 3 speed, insanely low price

Crucial P3 SSD review: Top PCIe 3 speed, insanely low price

Crucial's P3 SSD delivers an outstandingly low price per GB and very good everyday performance. If you don't write large amounts of data continuously, or worry about low TBW ratings, it's a heck of a bargain.
9 months ago
WD Black SN850X SSD: Face-meltingly fast

WD Black SN850X SSD: Face-meltingly fast

WD's Black SN850X NVMe SSD delivers exceptional real-world and random performance, along with sustained throughput that nearly matched Seagate's FireCuda 530. A very fast SSD priced nicely given the performance.
9 months ago
Paragon Backup & Recovery: Fantastic file-level backup for free

Paragon Backup & Recovery: Fantastic file-level backup for free

You'd be hard pressed to find a better free solution for backing up your files than Paragon's Backup & Recovery. If you choose compression, it's the standard ZIP format, and you can use Microsoft's nearly universally supported VHDs as containers so you don't need the program to browse and recover files.
10 months ago