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Advantages: The price,it,s fantastic value
Disadvantages: Noisy hard drive

I brought this from comet just before christmas 06. It was a good price £299.But i upgraded the standerd 15in moniter to a 17 in so it was £329. this was one of the main reasons i decided to buy this it seamed a good price for a low budget. 3yrs warrantly £79.99 features:1.6GHz processor speed 1600mhz processor bus processoer cache 256kb 512mbmemory 80gb storage Plays and records cds and dvds windows XP media centre 6 ubs ports and fire ...
...mouse included So far had no problems with it. It was very easy to register and set up providing you have a little experience with pcs . The graphics are great ,as i listen to music though the pc i also brought speakers as these are not included in the price. The speed is great i,ve not noticed it to be slower than other pcs i,ve used. We,ve played online games and they load up in a second. Also played dvds they load up insantly and the picture ... Read review

Advantages: Value for your money.
Disadvantages: Nothing

The Acer company is well known around the world. This Computer is suggested to those people that do not have enough space on the study desk because of it mini tower and TFT Screen. It is also usefull for those people who are studying out of their house. It has an excelent performance and also good graphics. It is usefull for office work and also for those who want to work in editing suits or music productions. In this computer I like very much it's ... Read review

Advantages: Fast Processor, Graphics are A-frigging-mazing, sound quality is awezum!
Disadvantages: Vista is hell if you are using a Compaq computer, Takes time to downgrade!

You see the blue screen of death more than the login screen, and the computer won't play discs unless certified by Microsoft Game Companies and a man can only live off Zoo Tycoon and Halo for so long!So it has come to this, you have to downgrade from vista with your trusty XP disc. You put it in and woah, no blue screen, that's a surprise. Click the D drive and the setup begins but you can't click on the downgrade button. Saddened , you take out ...
...to whir. It ejects half a minute after the ominous whirring stops and the disc is scratched two death!! THIS COMPUTER HAS A MIND OF IT'S OWN....CALL ISAAC ASIMOV...CALL WILL SMITH!!!! It has come to this and there is no way to avoid it. You have to take it apart. It takes three days, an old 15gb Windows 98 hard drive that you found in your closet and more electrocutions than you can count (or can remember).After you successfully, downgrade it ... Read review

Advantages: Quick, Cheap
Disadvantages: Better (albeit more expensive products) are out there

...* Hard disk controller HP Embedded 6 Port SATA Controller with embedded RAID (4 ports for HDD) * Internal drive bays Four 3.5" Non Hot Plug SATA * Optical drives DVD-RW * Internal mass storage Maximum 2 TB (4 x 500 GB) SATA System features * Chassis type Micro ATX Tower * Chipset Intel 3200 Chipse Networking & Expansion * Network interface Embedded NC105i PCIe Gigabit Server Adapter * External I/O ports Parallel - 0; Serial - 1; Pointing ...
...- 1; USB - 8 total (4 rear, 2 front panel, 2 internal (one for USB Tape connectivity)); Network RJ-45 (Ethernet) - 1; Management: Optional Lights-Out 100c Remote Management port * Expansion slots Expansion Slots: Slot 1: 32-bit/33MHz PCI at 3.3V slot; Slot 2, 3: PCI-Express x8 connector with x1 link; Slot 4: PCI-Express X8 connector with x8 link Power * Power supply type 365 Watts Power Supply * Power requirements 90 to 132 VAC, 180 to 264 VAC; ... Read review

Advantages: Can play the latest games, fast boot-up, reliable, runs cool, runs quietly
Disadvantages: Price is a little steep, not all games are compatible with Quad Core processors

...built XPS 420 directly from Dell which contains a 2.40GHz Quad Core processor, 4GB RAM, an Nvidia GeForce 9800GT, and all the other good stuff a computer needs. I ordered it late night on a Sunday, and I had it setup and working by the Thursday. Best of all? Shipping was free! Between pressing the power button and the computer being ready to use, you are looking at around 30 seconds. This includes me entering my password to log on. I see this as ...
...hadn't been for the current Dell offer and a discount code I had at the time. I will admit, I wouldn't have paid £920 for the system, no chance! Since starting the computer for the first time, I haven't had a single problem with it that wasn't caused by a faulty disk or my lack of patience. I would recommend it to anyone, even gamers. ... Read review