Windows 7 - The Best OS Yet!

Advantages: Great new toolbar, excellent personalisation, overall brilliant design
Disadvantages: Really similar to Vista.

...In July, I downloaded the Release Candidate of Windows 7 to evaluate the new operating system and I have to say it's the best version of Windows yet! It surpasses Vista in every way. Windows 7 is not available yet but I'm encouraging all Vista uers to upgrade in October as soon as the software is released. In the rest of my review I will outline some of the key features. For starters, the toolbar has been changed dramatically. In previous versions of windows, the active windows (i.e. open programs and applications) would appear seperately as tabs with the symbols and titles of the programs (with the option to group similar windows together under one tab, such as all the internet explorers open). In Windows 7, the toolbar features the start button (the windows logo), followed by programs pinned to the taskbar and open programs, then...

tb240904 31.08.2009 (13.09.2009) · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Windows 7 - a great operating system.

Advantages: looks great, easy to use, nice new taskbar, high compatibility
Disadvantages: cost is still high

...I recently upgraded from Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate. I had not minded Windows Vista as much as other people; my computer has a 2.13GHz dual core processor and 4GB of RAM. Windows 7 doesn't actually seem to be any faster, but it has some better features and is overall easier to use. It took about 2 hours to upgrade, which isn't bad but it's not amazingly fast. It runs all of my programs that ran under Vista no problem, and some of my hardware is actually now supported that wasn't supported in Vista. I haven't found anything that doesn't work after upgrading. I still recommend that you run the "Windows 7 upgrade advisor" first just to make sure. The new taskbar looks a bit different, but don't be worried, you'll get used to it, and once you do you'll find out that it's a big improvement. Programs no longer have text, just...

ellisbodds 15.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate

Windows 7 - it makes Vista look like a beta

Advantages: smooth, quick, easy to install and use, pretty to look at, simplified for the masses
Disadvantages: Vista should have been like this - Microsoft robbed us!

...Windows 7 makes Windows Vista feel like a beta. That?s my philosophy. It was my philosophy before I bought Windows 7 and it?s still my philosophy now. That?s where the ?it looks like Vista? comments come from. Windows 7 is Vista without all the rubbish. Everything people moaned about in vista is gone (or improved) and 7 is more spangly and all singing and dancing. It looks better, runs more smoothly and is simple to use. You might even say its been dumbed down for the masses. Simplified. It?s a pleasure to use. It loads more quickly than Vista and is aesthetically pleasing as it does so. The first thing to note is the ease with which it installed. For those of us brave enough to install our own operating systems (and re-install every so often to keep it fresh), we all know the pain and misery that it can lead too, but I have to say...

AgeUK 04.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Windows 7: Is what Microsoft is saying really true?

Advantages: Runs really fast, Some very good features, any decent machine can run it.
Disadvantages: The Price. It looks like vista and it really is just a brush up on the old OS

...Windows 7 has been said by Microsoft as being much improved and everyone would be happy with the end result. But is it really better, below is my review of a few sections which I believe is most important and compare it to older versions. Speed: 9/10 Much faster than Vista. To compare with the Vista OS, on Vista it took around 30 secs to 45 secs to boot up and log me in. Now on Windows 7 it takes 20 - 30 secs to boot up. Shut down is also so much faster. Vista = 15 secs... Windows 7 = 5 secs..... So there is a huge improvement. Also when running programs or browsing the internet you feel like this Operating System is very smooth and just does what you want (most of the time) Program Compatablilty: 8/10 Most Programs that run on Vista will run on Windows 7 (32-bit) very well. Though (64-bit) has a few problems such as many...

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Boots No 7 Time Resisting Day Cream & Night Cream

Advantages: none really
Disadvantages: plenty. it does nothing for dry skin

...I am 55 years of age. Female with dry skin and always on the lookout for new reasonably priced facial treatments. Having tried out many over the years i decided to have a go at this day and night cream. Not happy with it at all. My face is continually dry and taut after use. I had already tried the new miracle serum that they brought out two years ago and didn't like that either. I really don't know what all the hype on that was about. The day /night cream is very greasy on applying and tends to run into your eyes as the day wears on even although no application has been placed near the eye area. After an hour or two the skin feels very dry and tight.. It is well over priced and i for one will not be buying any other boots no 7 facial product............

graross 25.03.2009 · Read review
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Boots No7 Hydration Day Cream

Advantages: Hydrates and smoothes skin
Disadvantages: None

...I recently purchased some of this Boots No7 Advanced Hydration Day Cream as my skin was feeling quite dry in places and so i thought that my normal moisturiser was probably not hydrating enough. I paid £12 for a 250ml pot. Packaging The packaging is very simple - A white tub and white lid with Boots No7 writing on the front in black. Contains... This cream contains an spf factor of 15 which is always important to help protect skin from harmful uv rays and therefore fight signs of premature aging. There are lots of creams that dont have any spf in at all so this definately was one of the reasons why i brought this moisturiser. I have always loved Boots no7 products as i feel they are very good quality and excellent value for money, most of the No7 beauty items do actually do what they claim they can do. This...

kate44 14.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Boots No.7 Advanced Hydration Day Cream

HAVE A LITTLE FACIAL EVERY DAY!

Advantages: SEE REVIEW
Disadvantages: NOTHING

...I was rummaging through the No. 7 skin care products last December, hoping to find a product that will hydrate my skin after using the NO.7 essential moisturiser for £8.50 I was left satisfied but still there were patches of my combination skin that were slightly dry. I realized I probably had to splash out more money to find the product which could work on my difficult skin. The No7 Lady came to assist me after dealing with a customer and recommended I used the No7 Protect and Perfect Day Cream after explaining to her the type of skin I have she knew straight away that the product was right for me. She tested the product I'd use initially on my hand (the essential moisturiser) and the Protect and perfect day cream on the other hand to distinguish the differences between the products. I was very surprised at how different two...

Sarahhhx 20.09.2009 · Read review
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Change your life in 7 days...Give it a try!!

Advantages: Inspirational, uplifting and thought provoking
Disadvantages: Some chapters long for one day

...Why I bought this book. I bought this book because it was recommended to me by a friend. It is not the usual sort of book I read. I usually go for a good thriller or soppy romance however she was extremely enthusiastic about it so I decided to try it, rather sceptically. Product. The books recommended retail price is £9.99. I bought it from my local Whsmith store. It contains 256 pages which as the title suggests are aimed at changing your life in 7 days. As well as the book you also get a 'Mind programming CD' which lasts half an hour. The book starts with an Introduction where Paul McKenna explains about his life and the reason for writing this book. He explains how he has applied the techniques, later mentioned, to transform himself into a happier, more fullfilled and successful person. The book is easily set out into 7...

Ajthom 24.09.2006 (20.11.2006) · Read review
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Panasonic Lumix FS7

Advantages: Perfect picture
Disadvantages: None

...of the Lumix FS7 was sharper and clearer and made it much easier to judge which pictures were worth keeping. On my new camera there are some pictures which look good on screen but once they are on my laptop I can see them in better definition and it becomes clear that they are not worth keeping. With the Lumix this is not the case. The hi9gh definition screen is a fair view to the image you will get with each picture. Long battery life? The Lumix FS7 is described as having long battery life, most electrical products nowadays do have efficient batteries, and there is no excuse for them to be poor anymore. However, with the Lumix FS7 the battery really was impressive, we spent a day playing around with it, so it was literally on all day, and we took loads of pictures and deleted loads and it wasn?t until a few more days of use later that we were...

amyloop 04.07.2009 (13.07.2009) · Read review
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Review of Panasonic Lumix FS7

Day cream

Advantages: Very moisturising
Disadvantages: may be too moisturising for some skin

...Boots day cream I was loitering round the Boots no 7 counter a few weeks ago, and, having bought some of the products, the assistant gave me some samples of the day and night cream. I did like them, so bought the full tubs! THE PROMISE Great stuff!! This cream is going to work 24 hours a day? this does then beg the question as to why I should use the night cream, but I won't ask that one. It has Vitamin B5 and ceramide complex (again they don't tell me what this is), which will leave my skin looking healthy and radiant. The good news, and the thing I understand is that it is SPF 15 and hypo allergenic, so I can go out in all of this glorious winter sunshine and let the rays do their worst. Actually, I do sort of know that there are still rays in the winter, so it is probably a good idea to have some SPF in there...

danielalong 25.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of Boots No.7 Advanced Hydration Day Cream