Advantages: Playmobil Lasts and Lasts
Disadvantages: Not Cheap, Requires Setup

...When I was a little person, back in the seventies, Advent calendars were simple. They were made of cardboard, with a little, fairly predictable picture behind each window. How things change. This year my parents decided to spoil their Grandchildren, nothing new there, and have bought them both very posh Advent calendars. Shortie, now aged 5, has a small collection of Playmobil which he adores, so my parents have given him a Playmobil Advent calendar. °**° Advent Calendars, a brief background °**° "Advent" comes from the Latin word adventus, which means "coming." Advent is the period of time before Christmas. Although Advent itself begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, ttraditional Advent calendars have windows or doors which are opened each day from December 1st to December 24th, Christmas Eve. °**° The Playmobil... Read review

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Advantages: Smashing, immersive story arc; haunting musical score; movie-esque widescreen
Disadvantages: Underfunded adventure cost Majesco dearly

...Advent Rising is a third/first person action-adventure romp set throughout a few worlds and ships in the Advent Rising universe. The player controls Gideon Wyeth; one of the last surviving humans after a series of attacks by the evil Seekers; the propagators of a galactic alliance. Legend has told of a race called humans whom will one day ascend into great power and bring harmony to the galaxy, uniting the races under an umbrella of prosperity. The Seekers, frightened by this, start their galactic alliance in order to influence the other races' views of humans. For the Aurelians, nothing can sway them. With the Aurelians' help, can Gideon avert a human extinction at the hands (and they have four!) of the Seekers? When I saw Advent Rising in the store, it was cheap. I'm a sucker for cheap goods even if I don't need them. There... Read review

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Advantages: So much fun! Looks so cute. Unique and different
Disadvantages: Just for girls! Maybe not as Christmas themed as could be

...As a nice alternative to chocolate advent calendars, this year my boyfriend got me a 'Belville Lego Calendar' instead. I secretly wanted the 'Lego Advent Calendar' but since my boyfriend had got that one we couldn't have the same one! I was quite a big Lego fan when I was younger, and still am! But I am not so familiar with the 'Belville' selection of Lego since it is still quite new. Belville is the same as normal Lego.. but for girls. So lots of pink, girly and glittery things! (This is definitely not a unisex calendar!) We bought our advent calendars direct from the Lego website and they cost £12.99. The advent calendars are recommended for people 5 years + The calendars are very exciting. They are very thick (around 2 - 2.5 inches), and they are slightly bigger than a normal sized chocolate advent calendar. The front... Read review

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Advantages: Will keep you on road
Disadvantages: Pricey

...There are a few reviews already on this tyre but I will give my view and add some information for those who don't really know much about tyres, I'm not an expert so please correct me if I am wrong with any of the details. Pirelli are one of the top brand names when it comes to tyres, they can be slightly more expensive than some other top brands and are reasons other than garages trying to make a buck or two on them. Pirelli tyres are a well balanced tyre for all occasions and most driving styles. Pirelli are preferred tyres for manufacturers such as BMW, Ford and Vauxhall and some others. Infact when I bought my Vauxhall Vectra it had 4 Pirelli P6000 and still has. Previous to buying this car I had always used budget tyres and even when to car dismantlers and bought good tyres for £6 - £8 depending on quality of tread. I've used... Read review

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Advantages: The producers have made great use of story, plot, and graphics
Disadvantages: Square don't produce nearly enough Final Fantasy Films...

...*This is only a short review and so features specific details and does not delve into the physics behind the film* Only the second ever Final Fantasy film and the first one to be based on the story behind one of the games. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is set two years after the events of Final Fantasy VII and there is a disease known as "geostigma" spreading through the population. Forced to face up to his duties, Cloud must once again take up his sword to fight for justice and to bring about peace and wellbeing. Of course, he still wields that classic buster sword - however there have been some modifications to it... The film was a much anticipated release for fans all around the world and people have had mixed reviews and opinions of it. Advent Children features all of the original games' characters such as Tifa, Red XIII... Read review

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Advantages: Power, Quality, Price
Disadvantages: Mismatched colour on fascia of CDRom Drive

...P.C. World's own brand laptop computers would, you suspect have to be of a superior quality and build. In order to claim being the UK's No.1 supplier of computers and accessories they would also have to be able to supply the latest technology at a realistic price. The reason Laptops have not as yet become the industry standard for home computing is the Cost, quality of Screen and poor performance of battery power. PCW's Advent Laptop machines appear to have overcome many of these problems. With competition between retailers and the slump in world sales (against projected figures) causing overproduction, we, the buyers, are benefiting from an enormous drop in retail prices. The Advent 6413 gains strides over the competition through being powered by a 1Ghz Pentium III chip. This chip, fixed to a Fujitsu AT Board and coupled... Read review

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Advantages: Very fast, lots of memory
Disadvantages: not experienced any as yet

...OK, my computer died a couple of weeks ago...tragic it was, after I'd become so attached to it. Still I got over it very quickly, being consoled by the presence of a nice shiny new model. So what is my nice shiny new model then, do I hear you ask? Or have you already figured that out by the product description of this here review. The Advent T9200 Wow! This is a computer that kicks ass (am I allowed to use expletives as such in a review? Too late now I suppose). Specification: Processer - 3.4Ghz - Intel Pentium 4 Memory - 512Mb DDR RAM Hard Drive - 200Gb HDD (7200rpm) Graphics - GeForce FX5500 256Mb TV tuner - with IR remote control DVD1 - 16 x speed DVD2 - 8x DVD rewrite speed Internet conncetivity - DSL ready - ethernet ready Operating System - Windows XP 3.5'' Floppy disk drive USB2 ports x 6 Firewire ports... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent value for money very Durable and robust
Disadvantages: you might need to upgrade the memory to 1gb to handle current operating systems

...with the graphics card though it struggles with some video games like MicrosoftsFlight simulator and Simcity 4. Sound Card C-Media 9739A AC'97 Speakers Advent SP-120N - I don't like the speakers they don't measure up to my sound requirements so i have upgraded the speakers (not the sound card) the sound card is brilliant. Network Card Intel 82562EZ Keyboard Advent PS/2 keyboard - the keyboard was very good but i replaced it later with a Microsoft keyboard and mouse (wireless). I am currently running Microsoft's latest operating system Vista on this machine with no problems whatsoever. Advent is not one of the well known brands, but comparing it to an expensive Sony VAIO that i had that broke down so completely, i am proud to say this PC offers excellent value for money and is very durable.... Read review

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Advantages: *GREAT* Battery life, speakers, graphics and Screen!
Disadvantages: Poor touchpad, unit is a little chunky to carry around for a long time

...The NC6000 is what I woulod consider a happy medium between life on the road, and a powerful gaming laptop. It's not often you see that, but with an ATI Radeon 9600 graphics card pre-installed as standard, you won't really get a lot better unless you seriously compormise battery life. As a Power laptop, the NC6000 shines. All applications positively fly, and you can easily multitask without having to slow down too much. 512MB RAM is easily enough for basic Internet and gaming, but the laptop will take upto 2GB if the need arises. Now I'll explain the NC6000's top selling point - It's large 4.4Ah battery. The pack itself is fairly small, but with the Pentium M being as energy efficient as it is, 5 hours is easily possible. When I purcahsed my NC6000 I upgraded to a larger 5.8Ah battery from eBay UK for around £50, giving me... Read review

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Advantages: Incredibly fast and capable of managing demanding apllications.
Disadvantages: Surface smudgy - very hard to keep clean,

...A perfect blend of professional computing and easy to use hardware. The Presario V6000 utilises most of the hardware found in professional corporations as a basis for its personal or family orientated laptop computer. Built purposely for Windows Vista Operating System, the V6000 uses this feature to its full advantage working flawlessly with all the Vista Versions. Employing only the fastest of processors, the CPU of the V6000 rivals that of most modern desktops. It uses Dual-Core processors either by AMD or Intel, both working over 1.7GHz and hard-drives ranging from 80-160GB. The V6000 is truly excellent for smoothly running the most demanding of applications. Serving its multimedia needs the V6000 is complimented by a Matshita DVD+RAM, capable of playing all DVD and CD formats on a HD widescreen. Also, the V6000 has a high... Read review

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