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Advantages: none
Disadvantages: plenty

I bought the Acer aspire T180 dual core 4 weeks ago. In that 4 weeks I have done umpteen factory restores that i have lost count. Empowering technology was malfunctioning sound card disappering just to mention a few reasons for restoring to factory settings. I took it back to PC world today 3 days out of their 28 day instant replacement or refund period. It has now been left with their tech guys for the next 48 hours to sort out what is wrong ...
...and that empowering technology is the root cause. He has my permission to uninstall it if that is found to be the culprit. It was also explained that the lure of the dual core and 1024 mb ram has been misinterpreted as being a good pc but the reality is that by the time the 256mb for the shared graphics is swallowed up then the 500 or so mb vista swallows i am left with around 250mb of memory if lucky then with empowering technology taking its ... Read review

Advantages: Good Processor, plays nice with home productivity
Disadvantages: Bad graphics card, Stupid Power Button

Acer E380 I picked one of these up at comet on sale sue to a shop refurbished and as such got a display model for a bargain price of £299.99, excitement and a sense of smugness when other customers were piped to the post by me, ok it didn't have a box and need some spit and polish but it was cheap and for what it is mega cheap! In The Box (or not in my case): You get one PC, An Acer keyboard and mouse (wired), Media Centre Remote and Receiver and ...
...time you turn on the Acer software advises you to create a restore DVD (do it) as so you can recovery from any very bad crashes or faults, the system comes preloaded with as Acer calls it "Acer ePerformance Management improves response time, releases unused memory, and enhances overall system health" I found this to be the opposite and so uninstalled as soon as I could and found performance and boot times increased but someone make like the preloaded ... Read review

Advantages: Small and looks great
Disadvantages: slightly low on features

OK, so you just buy one of these and you open the box and you find out that it is actually one of the neatest things! It is soo small and fits perfectly under any monitor. All you have to do is plug in the supplied power cables and the monitor and you're away! Comes complete with windows xp and microsoft works which allows you to get writing and using your L200 within minutes. I certainly found it perfect for when I was going from house to house ... Read review

Advantages: Complete Multimedia soultion
Disadvantages: No

I have thoroughly checked the Configuration of the product. I have a very good experience with the Intel Core 2 Duo processor, there is an excellent combination with SATA, the system performance is exceptionally great, and with 677Mhz buss speed everything is very much compact. As for as the multimedia functionality are concerned the you will find the complete solution, DVD multi burner, excellent graphic support with 512 Mb video memory along with ...
...on this machine. High speed LAN connectivity will provide you its other networking options as will, and you can also enjoy Internet through DSL or from you cable operator. Windows Vista Home will provide you the great and comfortable working environment on that machine. I will recommend this and you will enjoy. ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap,Fast,Very Quiet , Dual Core(amd)
Disadvantages: Graphics card could have been better

...as you would expect with HP logos and the usual stuff. Inside you get the PC,Keyboard and mouse(optical) and manual/setup instructions . The computer turn on button is at the top which i found a little weird. Does it run well? Yes it runs very well, i was surprised at how well it ran. One of my favorite things about it is its very quiet(literally you cant hear it run) It doesn't take long too boot into the OS(Vista Home Premium) What are the ... Read review