1team DVD/CD Combo Tower 8T

Advantages: Small, looks very cool
Disadvantages: Noe really, does what it says it does

...and play DVD's, all for free and they are not the usual trial versions. I did have a quick look at the user manuals, which appear to be user friendly and understandable but at the end of it, its only a CD drive, how hard can it be. OPERATING Inserting a CD is easy enough. There is a chromed button with operating light on the top front of the unit that you press to open the drive. Insert your CD as normal and off you go. The unit reads/writes at the following speeds. read: 24x (CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW) 8x (DVD-ROM) 4x (DVD-R, DVD-RW) 1x (DVD-RAM) write: 24x (CD-R/-RW) ELSE As with all Toshiba products you get excellent product support. There is a good support section at www.toshiba.co.uk I quite like this unit. Looks good and functions well without being no the heavy side. Especially like the easy USB connection and short time it takes to set... Read review

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Advantages: Value for Money, Upgradeability, Customer Service.
Disadvantages: No Major Disadvantages

...This server is starting the trend of affordable home and small office servers. For just over £100 you can now get this fully functional server without an operating system. This smart looking tower contains a good specification of components for the price, including an AMD Dual-Core Opteron 1210 1.8Ghz Processor with 2MB Cache that is capable of multitasking. 1GB Ram as standard upgradeable to a full 8GB (Please note that 32 Bit operating systems only support upto 3.5GB RAM). The Option of SATA or IDE storage devices. This includes 1x 160GB SATA Hard Drive. A CD-RW - DVD-ROM Combo (DVD-RW not included). This also has good networking capabilities with 1x Gigabit Ethernet port. This also has on board graphics with the option to upgrade via your PCI express slot. With a 3year next business day on-site warranty you can't get better value... Read review

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Advantages: Good high spec on this baby
Disadvantages: it's so fast you might miss something

...I just wanted to add a bit more detailed technical information for the Advent 3504. As found in Carolinesite’s excellent Op titled My Bolt of Lightning. Built by a company called Centerprise for the Dixon’s Stores Group. The Advent 3504 features the following:  Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz Processor  Intel D850GB Motherboard with Tehama chipset Features included:  Intel Rapid BIOS Boot  Four RDRAM RIMM Sockets  Five PCI slots  Four USB Ports  Communication and Networking Riser (CNR) Support  256 MB RIMMS PC800 (Very new memory technology very very fast)  40GB Seagate ST340823A Hard Disk Drive  Toshiba SD-R1002 (CD writer DVD Combo drive)  64MB Geforce 2 MX Graphics Cards (AGP)  SoundBlaster 128V Sound Card (PCI)  Lucent 56... Read review

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