All for one

Advantages: Focuses on friendships
Disadvantages: Concepts may be difficult for very young children to understand

...All for one. Another book by Jill Murphy, who over the years has been quite a prolific children's story book writer This one focuses on friendships, and is a great book to read to children who might be going through problems with friends, and who may feel they are being left out of things. THE STORY AND ILLUSTRATIONS. The story begins with Marlon, who is a dragon, and also the main character in the story, running out of things to do. He had done all of his favourite things, like drawing and making secret caves, and goes to his granny to say that he wished he had someone to play with. Granny and mum get him to tidy up his mess,and he goes outside where he finds his friends hitting each other with swords. They are playing the Three Muskateers and when Marlon asks if h can join in, they won't let him, because there are of course...

danielalong 27.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of All For One - Jill Murphy

ASUS EEE PC 701 - Small but perfectly formed

Advantages: Size, Ease of Use
Disadvantages: Small keyboard, small screen

.... In summary, think of a normal laptop, remove the DVD drive and hard-disc and the shrink it to half size. Speed This netbook uses Windoews XP as an operating system and everything runs from the unit's 8GB memory which is solid state (a solid memory chip raher than a moving hard disc. Despite having far less memory, the upside is that everything runs very quickly and after turning the computer on, you are up and running in no time at all. It is important not to regard this machie as anything other than a portable web browser with limited functionality What's good about it? The Eee PC connects to the rest of the world by either wifi or USB socket. It doesn't have Bluetooth or Infra-red, nor does it have a built in CD/DVD drive, slthough you can buy ones that connect via the USB socket. On a day to day basis, I personally transfer...

Future77 27.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Asus Eee PC 701

Pocket sized portability with the Asus Eee Pc 701

Advantages: Price, size, portability
Disadvantages: Processor power, memory capacity

...The ASUS EEE PC 701 model is an extremely affordable, small and portable netbook with a 7" screen and built in wifi card designed primarily for internet use. The standard model comes with a built in 2 gigabyte solid state hard drive and comes in a variety of colours and finishes ranging from matt white through to pastel pink. The white ones are probably your best bet as in my opinion they are slightly more stylish, echoing shades of the Macbook Air. The EEE PC comes with a built in microphone on all models and webcam on most models and runs on a Linux based operating system although it can be configured to run on a Windows based system. Windows based versions are planned for release by the company shortly. The Linux distribution is extremely stable with a Windows like user interface although for those not quite used to Linux you...

milliontoone 25.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Asus Eee PC 701

Cheap cadence computer

Advantages: Has a cadence sensor, good for turbo training
Disadvantages: Wired, small screen, not waterproof, useless for outdoor use

...Despite its name the Trek Incite 11i computer has just ten functions, which include current speed, an odometer, trip distance, elapsed time, 12/24 hour clock, average speed, pacer, maximum speed, temperature and cadence. The cadence sensor measures how many revolutions per minute you are turning the pedals, and this function is generally found on much more expensive cycling computers, therefore you may wish to consider this computer if you participate in spinning training. Except for the temperature function, all functions are likely to be used by all cyclists in training. Personally, I can?t see the point of the temperature feature as it doesn?t add anything to the overall computer. One thing to note is the lack of stopwatch, which is a bit of a let down, however, there is a clock that starts once you start pedalling which you...

yackers1 22.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Trek Incite 11i Cadence Computer

Mesh Computer Nightmare

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Appalling Customer Service

...This is an honest account of my experience of Mesh Computers Ltd. On the 2nd December 2008 I placed an order on-line for an Xtreme Pro I7-920. The desktop computer arrived on the 30/12/2008 by DHL courier service. The box was in good condition and I signed for the goods. When the box was opened and the desktop computer inspected I soon discovered that it was not of a satisfactory quality. The system box was bent and not assembled correctly. The media reader was also bent and not installed properly. The black tower case was covered in a white compound or paint marks. The side panels had been able to move during transit due to the poor build quality. This allowed the screws to fall out that held it together and the manufacturers warranty seal had torn. I went to the trouble of setting up the computer even though my instinct was to...

wholefruit 06.04.2009 (30.07.2009) · Read review
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Review of Mesh Computers

The Nation's Favourite Computer Shop

Advantages: Store layout, Convenience, Range of products, Lower Web prices for Collect @ Store
Disadvantages: Price of accessories and some items, Queues, Selection of certain items

...on the shelves. Smaller sections can be a bit tricky to locate at times so I just ask a member of staff. The stores are big so the aisles are all very wide so it never feels cramped. PRODUCT RANGE AND PRICES With such large shops, one would expect a wide selection of products and PC World do not fail there. As well as computers, software, TVs, computer peripherals, components and networking, they also have a selection of Sat Nav, MP3 players, games consoles and accessories, mobile phones, peripherals, laptop and PC accessories as well as . They also advertise 3G contract deals to get free laptops and phones. Even though they have a lot of different products on offer, I find that they are a bit limited on their selection of certain products. With laptops in particular, even though they have a fair few on display, most aren...

Deru 23.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of PC World (Shop)

Cat Eye Vectra computer

Advantages: Simple to use, sturdy and reliable, great value for money
Disadvantages: A pain to set up

...require so I bought one. As with all my Evans purchases to date the transaction was very easy, smooth and the delivery took a couple of days. In the box you get the display unit, the sensor, the magnet, cable ties and backing plates and fitting/operation instructions. The instructions booklet was exceptionally thick and I naturally thoguht that it was going to be a bit of a mission. However, closer inspection highlighted that the instructions were in English, Spanish, German, Chinese, Turkish etc etc. You name the language and I bet that it is on there! Fitting the computer was an easy task. The sensor was cable tied to the forks, the display unit was cable tied to the stem and the magnet was screwed on to one of the spokes - ensuring that it passed the sensor on the forks. It took 5 minutes. Setting the computer up to work was...

yackers1 08.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Cateye Vectra Wireless Computer

All for one and one for all!

Advantages: Quiet, Good quality prints, Inexpensive cartridges,
Disadvantages: None I have found!

...price range (I didn't want to spend more than £50) The lady who helped me (some of the printers weren't visibly priced so had to ask for help) told me that they would price match any printer I saw anywhere else. To be honest I didn't see the point of this, better still if they beat the price instead of matching it? Anyway I popped across the street of my local retail park to Comet where there was more printers on display, each with the price clearly stated?I found three printers which were in my price range, an Epson and 2 HP's, Originally my plan was to buy a basic printer capable of coping with light domestic use. But when I saw the HP Deskjet F380 and the HP PSC 1410 all in one printer/copier and scanner for only £49.99 I was hooked! I called out to one of the sales assistants only to be asked to hold on and he'd get me another...

missy0303 20.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of HP Deskjet F380

great little pc

Advantages: easy to clean
Disadvantages: no number keypad

...I know nothing about PC's but wanted a laptop for use around the house and for the kids - I was not really bothered about shopping around and ended up in PC World - I knew I needed one that was fast enough for the kids to play their games on and for me to surf the net I didn't want to spend over £400 and would prefer to spend a lot less but the cheaper pc's on offer were flimsy and having had experience of laptop keypad buttons coming off on our old laptop I wanted to make sure that my new pc was more solid especially with kids who like to bash the bottons for some reason anyhow, I looked at one dell laptop and it was lovely, I like to have the seperate number keypad at the side but the downside with that pc was the finish of the case, it was in lovely colours but it had a matt finish that I just knew would annoy me because I...

posy1 06.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Dell Inspiron 1545 Laptop

The little computer

Advantages: sensitive touch screen display, volume buttons and built in speakers
Disadvantages: none

...I received this item about half a year back - never gets boring. This is like a computer in your pocket...but more. The 2nd gen has the app store app on it, meaning wherever there's wifi there's apps waiting. The great thing is that alot of the apps are free and rather useful ranging from games and utilities to entertainment and lifestyle.theres also a little youtube app on there so you can watch your videos and others when you are connected to wifi. The new sleek contoured design is alot more attractive than the first ipod not mentioning the volume buttons are great along with the new built in speakers. I find it helps alot when wanting to show friends new songs and things. i wouldn't really advise you use the speakers for music as they are not that loud mostly designed for apps and other quieter things like that. The touch screen is...

sceneguy 05.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Apple iPod touch 8 GB