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Advantages: intel pentium 4 3.4 GHz, ATI graphic card, read and write DVD's and CD's, 6 USB sockets
Disadvantages: in my opinion there aren't any.

Fujitsu Siemens SCALEO P: This computer looks very modern and stylish. It is very fast and reliable computer it great for home uses also its compatible with the new operating system windows vista. it has a big hard drive 232GB which can store a lot of pictures, videos, music, movies etc... the graphic card is made by a very popular company ATI. the processor is also made by a very popular company intel, this processor is very powerful one intel ...
...sockets two at the front and four at the back it also has a card reader that can read SD, MS, CF/MD, SM, and MMC which is very useful if you have a digital camera. this computer can read and write DVD's and CD's. Software that came with it: nero express 6 norton internet security AOL internet CD orange internet CD windows xp home edition recovery CD driver's and utilities ... Read review

Advantages: ease of use, all round good starter system,
Disadvantages: sometimes can be a bit slow if multitasking, front lights fail over time.

i've owned this computer for 3 years, when i bought it, it was high spec, it was to date the best computer i had used and still is too this day, which came with a huge (for the time) 250gb hard drive, 1 cdrw drive and 1 dvdrw drive plus a 5 - in 1 card reader, also it has 2usb ports at the front of the machine and an ieee 1394 input, also has inputs at the front for headphones and a microphone to go with the standard imports on the back, the soundcard ...
...to play my guitar directly through the computer, my only complaint was that there wasnt an audio in port at the front as well - it has plenty of software that comes as standard for a new user and overall is a great bargain, i beleive it sells for roughly £200 on ebay now. For a starter computer it is excellent, the fan can be a bit noisey at night but compared to my old win 98 system is really quiet, it is also a p4 3.6ghz which i beleive even 3 ... Read review

Advantages: Ease of ordering,good value ,pick your own configuration.
Disadvantages: Build quality of case can be patchy.

I bought my Dell 8400 approx 12 months ago.This model is no longer sold by dell themselves and has been replaced by the 9150 model. If you are therefore buying second hand you should be able to get a good deal. Try to go for a higher spec model,mine has a 3.4Ghz intel processor which i find is quick enough for just about every need, especially if you can get 1 Gigbyte of Ram though there are generally empty slots to upgrade yourself. The case is ...
...of space inside if you wish to change graphics cards ,drives etc. Mine was supplied with an nvidia 6800 Gpu and is pretty good at playing all the games on the market at this time. As an example ,when i play Doom 3 i play on high settings and still get 40+ frames per second though you must shut down all open windows etc. The Hard drive is a 250 GB maxtor and the DVD Rom and DVD CD Rewriter drives are easy to use and will probably have sonic record ... Read review

Advantages: A really good computer, a media centre pc, so its perfect for anything
Disadvantages: none

I have one of these and have connected a Topfield TF5800 PVR to it, so now it has freeview. I have also connected a VCR and a PS2 to it. This makes the ultimate machine, it is really fast and has enough storage for anything. I personally install on the D drive instead of the C drive. With the DVD recorder it makes it the ultimate machine in editing as i have linked my video camera to it , with this i have made many dvd's with menus - by using Click ...
...sliding panel the ports can easily be accessed, the electronic devices which have scart sockets can be connected but with the three colour cables, red,yellow and white. These then fit into an adaptor, this allows you to record the videos onto your computor then write them to DVD. So all your recorded videos from tv can now become dvd's. Hope this helps ... Read review

Advantages: Powerful
Disadvantages: Somewhat overpriced (Understatement)

...I can tell you this isn't anything special. 1 Year 'Limeted' Warranty. Ok. Doesn't sound to good, but as long as you stick stricktly to the rules you shouldbe OK. And this brings us to the end of our review for this awfully overpriced PC. Sony sort yourself out. ... Read review