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Member Advice on General Computing Issues

(+) Not having to spend money on expensive upgrades (-) Serious Virus infection can be difficult to overcome without formatting (*) (On Ciao since: 06/2000)

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Member Advice on Computer Fairs & Shows

(+) some absolute bargains can be found (-) beware of items that seem to good to be true.. (*) (On Ciao since: 07/2000)

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Mobile Phone Etiquette

(+) n/a (-) n/a (*) (On Ciao since: 07/2000)

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Member Advice on Building Your Own PC

(+) Good experience, Could save you money, Fun, Choose your parts. (-) Needs the know-how and experience. Not for everyone (*) (On Ciao since: 05/2001)

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Coverage Black Spots

(+) Neater than having two phones (-) Still a trifle fiddly - one for the 'must haves'. (*) (On Ciao since: 07/2000)

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Member Advice on Computer Users

(+) Secure and protect your data, free/low-cost (-) Takes a little time and effort (*) (On Ciao since: 06/2001)

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Member Advice on Buying A PC

(+) Interesting, Entertaining and Economical (-) Need Much Time and Patience (*) (On Ciao since: 08/2001)

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Member Advice on Inkjet Cartridge Refills

(+) Cheaper than buying them, satisfaction of doing it yourself (-) Takes a bit of time, but I have plenty of that! (*) (On Ciao since: 09/2001)

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Member Advice on Computer Books

(+) Detailed, informative, excellent reference books (-) Costly at £35 - £ 40 (*) (On Ciao since: 06/2000)

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Telephone Preference Service

(+) Stops them calling (-) Sad buggers like me like to get junkmail (*) (On Ciao since: 03/2001)

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Member Advice on Keyboards

(+) Feels great to type on (-) Not clicky (*) (On Ciao since: 08/2002)

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Member advice on: Saving money on computers

(+) Save a lot of money compared to ready-built (-) if you don't know what you are doing, parts are easily broken (*) (On Ciao since: 07/2000)

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Member Advice on PC Extended Warranties

(+) For the Companies they are Money For Nothing (-) For the Customer they are Nothing for Money (*) (On Ciao since: 02/2001)

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Member Advice on Choosing an Operating System

(+) It's Free, Secure, Rock Solid (-) Takes a while to get used to, Not the best for newest games. (*) (On Ciao since: 06/2001)

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Mobile Phones in Society/General

(+) Read opinion (-) Read opinion (*) (On Ciao since: 09/2001)

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THE COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO INCREASE YOUR COMPUTER PERFORMANCE

Advantages: Not having to spend money on expensive upgrades
Disadvantages: Serious Virus infection can be difficult to overcome without formatting

We’ve all had moments when we’ve probably let out some frustration on our computer equipment due to its performance being lacklustre to say the least, a throw of the mouse or a bang on the keyboard followed by the words “For ***** sake” can be heard ec ...

mdstone 02.07.2010 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: exceptional
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Put the PC Freshness Back!

Advantages: Keeps computer running smoothly.
Disadvantages: Tankes a while to do spyware,antivirus checks but worth it

I will to the best of my ability below try to give a simple and effective way of keeping a computer running efficiently and smoothly with out having to know that much about computers. I can only give advice on windows XP as that is the operating system i ...

zakkman 23.01.2008 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
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Smeeps Spyware Survival Guide

Advantages: Short, To the point, no nonsense, FREE
Disadvantages: Not for learning terminology, just for fixing the problem.

Smeeps Spyware Survival Guide. The idea here is not to give you an indepth understanding for spyware, adware or malware - for this information you should search on google. The idea here is to give you a short sharp method of removing, and preventing ...

Smeep 02.08.2007 · Read full review
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Anytime Well Most Of The Time

Advantages: Reliable, relatively cheap, good customer service
Disadvantages: A few minor gliches - nothing too worry about

I have been using BT Internet as a service provider since the oldern days - well for about 12 months or so anyway. Overall, I have been very pleased with the service, which is both reliable and reasonably priced. Originally, I signed up for the standard B ...

Si007 10.03.2001 · Read full review
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Build yourself a new PC

Advantages: You get the computer YOU want, no salesman giving you hassle about EXTENDED WARRANTIES
Disadvantages: can work out slightly more expensive, always the danger that you will break something.

First lets dispel a myth. Building a good specification PC will NOT save you any money. Computer system builders can buy the parts a lot cheaper than you can, simply because they buy in bulk. So why build your own PC? For the joy of it and because in buil ...

cjkace 05.04.2001 · Read full review
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