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Advantages: good looking, powerful, does the job
Disadvantages: hideous fan noise, poor build quality

...and go find a better laptop (such as a Dell or Sony). Please note that although I am always willing to accept that my laptop is experiencing "rare" and "isolated" issues, I now know that the fan noise is a common Compaq problem. I hope this review helps!! ... Read review

Advantages: Ease of use and ease of initial setup
Disadvantages: could maybe be better with a real pentium in it - but I don't really know without changing it

...the purchase - Comet or IBM - I did have to have my printer replaced a Xerox xj6 with a cannon BJC2100 but that could be another op somewhere else sometime. The machine I bought has a Pentium 3 lookalike installed as standard and is fast enough for everthing I do which is mainly word processing and internet use with some paint and draw applications mainly design of proformas for work use. ... Read review

Advantages: Practical functionality,Powerful performance
Disadvantages: non-found

Acer provide some of the best reliable value in their range of computer system, there is no need to go to the high street and pay over £700.00 for this excellent compter system when we have it here for less,a lot less {worth shopping around as the price varies alot} Suitable for any home and small office environment Powerful performance The AcerPower M2 is the first commercial desktop in the AcerPower series designed around the AMD Athlon 2600XP ...
...upgradeable. Thanks to its elegant asthetics it is fit for any professional environment, home or small office. I particularly liked the 8 usb ports easy accessibility its spec is exceptional at this price with a few of the more important ones listed below System memory 2 x DDR400 184 pin Socket Maximum 2.0 GB. 256MB fitted. I/O interface 1 x Parallel, 1 x Serial 1 x PS/2 Mouse, 1 x PS/2 Keyboard 8 x USB ports (4 by cable) 1 x Line-in/Line-out, ... Read review

Advantages: not expencive
Disadvantages: look poor

...this system Hardware : HP Pavilion 8505, Intel PIII 450Mhz, 64mb Ram, 10g.b HDD, 40x max speed cd rom drive, Rockwell Modem, Nvidia Riva TNT Graphics, MPEG Full motion digital video Software : Win 98, MS Money 2000, MS Works, Mcafee Virus Description of the system looks lucrative right and the model is really a beauty with a huge price tag of 60,000Rs(1,400$) and I was really happy playing games with excellent effects, you can watch movies with really ...
...called up the so called HP service centre and I was in for a rude shock because they straightaway told me that would cost me Rs2500 (50$) for the ram and 2500Rs for the service. I told them It was under warranty and I agree with the equipment it is okay, but the service should not be so high, but they straight away refused to reduce the cost of services. I was no way going to shell out money for the Service so caught hold of a local seller and got ... Read review

Advantages: Good build quality, excellent customer support - Can be customised
Disadvantages: Not enough memory as specified

These Systemax machines are well-built, and have plenty of space inside for future upgrades. The cables inside are very neatly tied away, which makes life a lot easier when you want to install a new video card or extra RAM. USB ports are provided front and rear, which is essential now that USB memory sticks are becoming popular. However, I'd strongly suggest that prospective customers get more RAM fitted than the standard spec. With the standard ...
...you definately don't get the best out of the powerful AMD Athlon XP processor. Fortunately, Simply allow you to customise these machines and will happily fit almost any extra gizmos you want, or remove anything you don't think you need. I customised my machine to 1GB of RAM and added a DVD-writer to the standard equipment, and the price for these improvements was very reasonable. However, I did experience some trouble about 2 months into ownership ... Read review