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Poor Poor Asus Eee Box B202

Advantages: Quiet, Small, Stylish, Eco - Friendly, VESA mounting bracket and N WI-FI
Disadvantages: Low RAM, Low HDD, No Optical Drive Not very VfM

The Asus Eee Box B202 is not a PC in the standard sense of the word! It is, what is known as, a net top PC. It has no DVD Drive, is very low on processing power and has very low Hard Drive space. Ok, for the good. The ASUS Eee Box B202 is almost silent even when running at full throttle. It’s very thin; stream line design makes it very attractive but does hinder it. It also has a bracket allowing it to screw into the VESA mounting holes on the ...
...space saving. It has a built in N WI-FI card meaning no dongle needed so again you gain on space! It has a gigabit Ethernet port. This PC has one of the lowest power consumption seen so far at almost 17W while idle, meaning that this PC is very Eco-Friendly, so not only do you gain on space but on cash too. The gift that keeps on giving? It runs on XP fairly well but due to the Ram shortage, not brilliantly. So they have installed a second operating ...

CruelRevival 08.08.2009 · Read full review
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Strange kettle of fish but an ideal second PC

Advantages: Minute, basic PC functionallity
Disadvantages: Limited performance especially in BBC iPlayer

The Acer Revo R3600 is a slightly odd kettle of fish and in some ways is a solution looking for a problem! The original desktop PC configuration; Base unit, wired keyboard and mouse, and a monitor hasn’t changed much in 25 years – unless you count putting the base unit on it’s side! A number of notable exceptions have been to create the ‘all in one PC’ which unite the processor and display – most notably the original iMac in the 1990s – Sony dabbled ...
...you may already have. Acer have responded to this by taking a sideways look and coming up with the ‘nettop’ PC. In terms of hardware, it owes rather more to the currently very trendy ultra-portable ‘mini PC’s known as ‘netbooks’ – except this one does away with the built in keyboard mouse and screen. Why? – good question! Well; the reason is often staring you in the face every day in the living room! The astonishingly quick adoption of relatively ...

dobieg 10.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Acer Aspire REVO R3600

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iMac

Advantages: amazingly brilliant and fantastic, OMG ITS A MAC !
Disadvantages: absolutely none

...it has super chic styling apple are super helpful they are incredibly simple to use and even though the price is really quite high (pc's can be much much cheaper) THEY ARE TOTALLY WORTH IT !! I have to use them in school, and have wanted one ever since i first saw them. Both of my sisters and one of their boyfriends have one (or more) iMac's are utterly sexual, just looking at one turns you on, also they are light weight and even though they are ...

AaronBruce 06.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Apple iMac Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz - 20" TFT

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HP Compaq DC7600 - The Business Machine

Advantages: Small, Professional, Covers Basic Needs
Disadvantages: Anything more then Basic Needs and it Starts to Struggle

Hp Compaq dc7600 Introduction I do not like these machines. My work has decided to purchase them and everyday between the hours of 10.30 and 7.00 I am surrounded by the menacing humming of tiny hamster churning the cogs within these towers. Now maybe my dislike could quite possible be unjust, maybe the fact that I’ve associated it with work could lead to prejudice, I can accept that. There are good points and there are bad points ...
...is that they are made for businesses, I shall explain this further into my review. Specs Depending on the machine you buy your specs can range from nothing to anything. I’m going to base this review of the version I have, all the options are store defaults supplied directly from HP. * Intel Pentium Processor 3GHz * 1Gb Ram * 128Mb Intel Express Graphics Card * 65Gb Hard Drive * DVD-ROM Drive * 6 USB ports (2 front, 4 back) Looking ...

vys3 29.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of HP Compaq Business Desktop Dc7600

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Good processor with some techincal glitches

Advantages: Design, tower, manufacturer support
Disadvantages: Speed, reliability

... I haven't contacted Dell myself, but my Dad did whenever we had any problems and they've always managed to help (especially when our Modem played up). They were friendly and approachable and sorted out our issues quickly. Ease of Use/Reliability Switching the computer on is simple enough with the button on the front, however, finding certain things on the actual computer can be tricky. It took me a while to locate certain files on ...
...requests. Copying and pasting can be dangerous, especially when pasting to another folder. It finds some "error" and you have to start all over again! It can take a while for things to boot, and if you need to cancel the processes on Windows Task Manager, they like to be disguised under completely different names so you can't find them. Some other things can be hard, like installing the speakers. The computer doesn't pick them up and then you can't ...

Prettyscene09 24.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Dell Dimension 5150

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