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Advantages: Well ventilated, easy to work on, has pci-express
Disadvantages: To much crap installed on initial boot, inadequate power supply.

I was strapped for cash but needed a newer system so after some searching and weighing other systems I chose the E520, I opted for the 2.8 ghz Pentium D since the new core duo's only cost more than anything. Once I got it i threw in a new video card. Here was the only problem i ran into with the whole system. There was only a 305 watt power supply, yeah 305, not 350. The thing is it has pretty good ventilation and space internally so I'm going to ... Read review

Advantages: Looks SHARP!!! Has almost everything "IN THERE" (TV, FM,++)
Disadvantages: Not too user servicable.. but then we haven't had problems. Sooo...

...I give kudos to the Acer Group. The Aspire 510 is one we can place in our customers homes. Set it up. Teach the nuances of it and how Media Center works, and move on to the next customer. NO call-back thus far for hardware-related issues. I came about this unit quite by accident. I can't build units fast enough. And we needed a supplier reliable enough to take the strain off of me. Yet one that could think outside of the box and provide us with forward ...
...a time if need be. Acer kept coming up at or near the top of the list. Their Aspire 510 has won awards from third parties that have like me, have no ax to grind. Business is business. Crashes... none. Lock-up none thus far. Problems..... No. Suggestions..... We would like Acer to spec the Aspire 510 with more (2 gigs ) memory STANDARD for Vista. But that is not a deal breaker. The Dual core T5500 is plenty fast!!! And a recent release. Cool, yet ... Read review

Advantages: Really good Graphics, Good value for money
Disadvantages: Really Big, Really noisey

Dell XPS 700 I have had the Dell XPS 700 for about 2 years and its still in good working condition! Although i bought the newer verson 2 days ago Dell XPS 730! It is much better! <<< Looks >>> It comes in 2 colours on the front ethier Black or Red (mines Black) It is in a slanted shape and has a silver case on the front is has a Logo saying '' Dell ''! It also has XPS on the two sides! Also it has Neon lights at the very top of the front case ...
...too! It was the first Dell XPS desktop i ever got and its one of the best computers i have ever got! It came with Dell speakers and subwoofer and a 15'' monitor! The only bad thing about it is that its really big and is realy noisey!!! But apart from that it is a really good computer! It has Neon lights in it and you can download software called Dell XPS Light FX and when you play music in Windows Media Player the lights change colours! And you can ... Read review

Advantages: small and compact
Disadvantages: not much room inside

I have used this pc on many occasions and to be honest what it lacks in size makes up with power Tthe duel core proccessor along with the 1 gig of ddr2 ram gives it speed and stability along with a 320 gb sata hard drive which means theres lots of storage space to save games pics data and music without worrrying. It also boasts a very swift dvd re writer that does both +/- dvds for data, movies,picture and audio discs. The small but powerfull ...
...which is 12.4 inches high, 3.7 inches wide, and 14.4 inches deep although the colour scheme may put some people off. Upgrading or adding to the pc is a problem as for the size leaves little room inside for aditional items with only 1x16x pci express slot and 1xpci slot although it does boast 7 usb2 slots 5 on the rear two on the front. This pc also comes with xp media edition meaning all of your pics,movies and music is kept for easy access using ... Read review

Advantages: High quality desktop computer, good graphics and excellent memory.
Disadvantages: Its ability to play games is average.

The compaq presario desktop computer was bought for me for christmas 2006. I desperately needed a brand new computer that allowed me to do my college work on and had a good memory so i could save lots of work on it. The compaq presario cost my parents £399 and that is not including all the accessories that i needed with it. I would say that it was worth the money because it has enabled me to fully do my college work and it has the capacity to hold ...
...there are always start-up problems/teething problems at first. However these are nothing and do not affect the computer in any way. Appearance wise the comapq is very attractive and fits well on your desk and does not take up 2 much space. It has 7 usb ports and has a free expansion bay where you could have another cd rom drive built in if you wished. It currently has a cd-writer which makes gd quality music cd's and film dvd's. One problem with ... Read review