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Advantages: powerful CPU, easy to use, large screen.
Disadvantages: support from dell, it frezes after around 2 years. short warranty

The Dell Dimension 8300 is a very user-friendly computer. It is great for kids and adults! It comes with a 12" screen, microphone and external speakers. The range of features is vast: - Crystal clear pictures on the 12" screen. - Easy to setup. No need to hire a technician. -Cd-writer. -DVD playback. -Very sensitive roller ball mouse. -Flat screen monitor. -Looks good as a set because everything is black or silver. -4 USB ports (2 in the ...
...and headphones. (2 in the back for -surround sound speakers and 1 in the front for headphones. -3.5" floppy drive. -Built in Windows XP home. -Built Inintel Pentium 4. -300 MHz processor speed. -512 Mb Ram. I have this computer and have had to change my hardrive twice in its 4 year life. It is very easy to use. Kids find this computer very easy to manage and it has enough storage for all their games and my work. This computer is not the quickest ... Read review

Advantages: Sleek looks, miniture size
Disadvantages: You may need to upgrade for more speed

...word 'crash' doesn't come under apple vocabulary. -Macs look sexy. End of. -Your mates may get jealous. -There is a huge world of free software ONLY on Mac (freeware). Just take a look at apple downloads section to see what I mean. -You're part of a computer revolution. I run Tiger 10.4 on my mac, which is a superb OS although if you buy one now, you'll be running Leapord...the most advanced OS in the world! Spending the dough If you've ...
...8 processers in total. Apple do a lovely range of laptops for those who travel. The perfect companion for iPod users All software on Mac's are designed with the iPod in mind. Most have a 'send to iPod option' when you've made movies or other madia. Overall, this is a 5-star product...you really MUST buy a Mac mini and you'll be delighted! ... Read review

Advantages: Fairly Fast, Stable System
Disadvantages: DVD Drive Fault

Product Description Fujitsu Siemens SCALEO 600ix - P4 2.6 GHz Type PC Form Factor Mid tower Dimensions (WxDxH) 18 cm x 49.8 cm x 43.2 cm Weight 13 kg Processor 1 x Intel Pentium 4 2.6 GHz Cache Memory 512 KB L2 Cache Cache Per Processor 512 KB RAM 512 MB (installed) / 2 GB (max) - DDR SDRAM Storage Controller IDE ( DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra) ) Floppy Drive 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy Hard Drive 1 x 120 GB - standard - DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra) Optical Storage 1 x DVD±RW ...
...purchsing this machine I contacted Fujitsu -Seimens and they happily and Rapidly repaired this for me. This runs simple tasks to complex games well. OS supplied (Windows XP) is a user friendly and highly customizeable OS with most compaability issues that arrose from is not being an MS-DOS based operating system is solved by running it in compatibility mode (basically programs not compatible with windows XP can still often be run in the compatibility ... Read review

Advantages: Affordable, flexible, good quality, nice looking.
Disadvantages: TV capture is naff, HD smaller than advertised

...4GB used up by built-in HP recovery software. It makes you wonder why it needs pre-installed recovery software but, with todays users, I guess it's explainable. The RAM in the PC is the PC3200 type and it cost me about £40 to upgrade to 700+ MB from Crucial Technologies. The graphics processor is alright - nothing special. Unsurprising as it's an Intel one, along with the processor. I had to upgrade to a 256MB ATI card using the PCI Express slot ...
...has a DVD+/- RW drive with a spare slot below. There are many connection possibilities including seven or so USB ports, firewire, S-Video & composite inputs, built in ethernet port. There are three PCI slots, one of which is free. The modem and TV capture card are installed here. The HD is connected to the motherboard by SATA, and there are four slots for RAM in total if you feel like upgrading. There is a free CD/DVD drive bay. When upgraded the ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to use, Great offers available, it doesn't gather dust on a shelf?!
Disadvantages: None

I've had my Dell Dimension Desktop set up for a number of years now and i'm amazed at how resilient it can be to the demands of high internet activity I have to complete due to working from home alot. The professional nature of the dell call centre has been second to none especially when setting the pc up and getting it connected to broadband which did prove a little stressfull at first! When I brought the Pc it was a wonderous piece of kit and ... Read review