Advantages: 17" Screen, Awesome Specs and a built in webcam
Disadvantages: Too much bundled software and it's also quite heavy.

...In this review I'm going to be covering Sony's great VAIO AR51E laptop computer. Specifications- 9.5/10 The AR51E is a high spec laptop suitable for gaming, business, graphics, and just about anything, it has a 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo T7250 processor, 2GB Random Access Memory, a massive 200GB Internal Harddrive, and a NVIDEA GeForce 8400M GT, and just to top it all off, a huge 17" TFT X-Black LCD Screen, with full HD and a 1440x900 Resolution, which makes for awesome viewing if you play games or watch movies. It also has 2 USB Ports, and a DVD+RW Double Layer Reader. Design- 9/10 This laptop has a sleak slimline design, with a black matte finish, and the silver VAIO sign on the back, the screen is very reflective, which looks great, and thankfully in this case doesn't affect the screen when its on. Software- 9... Read review

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Advantages: Powerful, Massive screen, Dual core, Fantastic media center,
Disadvantages: Large form factor, low battery life

...The first thing to strike me about the AR21M was the sheer size of the thing, immediately I began to have doubts as to how portable this system would be. I was pleasantly surprised however to find that despit its size it really wasnt too heavy. Size aside how does this machine perform? Well the beast is powered by an Intel core 2 duo CPU at 1.83Ghz, with 1GB of DDR2 RAM and a GeForce 7600 graphics card so should be able to cope with just about anything you throw at it., and BOY DOES IT!! As an avid gamer (When I get time at least) I was Eager to try a couple of the latest titles on it and had no trouble at all playing MOTW II, Oblivion and Mark of Chaos at top resolutions with all the features on, the system did get quite warm but I invested in a notebook cooler for around £20 which the vaio sits on top of and is kept ice cold by... Read review

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Advantages: Quick with dual core, multi-media, very feature rich
Disadvantages: Heavy and large

...The Sony AR21S is generally a highly recommended machine. I have found the machine to perform excellently with every task that I have set it to. I use it as a business machine for writing software including running virtual Linux machines under the main Windows XP media centre. I also use it with Adobe Photoshop for image processing; the 17" wide screen is superb for this. The machine is HD ready and comes with a HD DVD movie. The built in TV turner and blue ray drive completes the all round multimedia package. Now for the downside. The machine is large and heavy. There were initial problems with the blue ray drive not correctly reading DVD disks. Sony technical support was not overly helpful but an update to the driver released about a month after I purchased the machine resolved most of the issues. The built in Ethernet port is 10... Read review

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Advantages: damn good laugh
Disadvantages: not on as often as Coronation Street

...The only thing I would change about this program is the appearance of Vonda Shepherd, the songstress. It's not that she is a singer, it's just that I feel her interjections lend a trite air to the performance. Otherwise I rate this show very highly. Ally is my favourite character after Elaine. Is her surname 'Vassal' a joke because she is a PA? Anyway, apart from the fact that she dances exceedingly well and looks even better she is a scream. All of those wacky inventions, like the head bra and the inappropriate comments. Her most endearing aspect though is her constant eavesdropping, much to the chagrin of the eponymous heroine. The love of Ally's life, Billy, passed away after having gone slightly do-lally as the result of a brain tumour. Which was a great pity I thought as his character had been improving dramatically. He began... Read review

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Advantages: educational, nice friend for little girl
Disadvantages: she goes on and on and on.....

...I've seen Amazing Ally advertised a lot, but her RRP is £70. I think this is extortionate for a doll so was pleased to find her for just £25 on one of Tv's selling channels. Since I bought her, I've found her in several toyshops for £24.99. Amazing Ally is an inter-active doll, designed to be the childs best friend. You have to program in your childs birthday, favourite colour, animal, holiday as well as the current time and date. This information is stored in the doll unless you switch her off or her batteries run out. She'll count down to your childs birthday, telling them they must be very excited from about three months before the date. When Ally's batteries are running down, she'll ask you to change them and specify which ones have run out. She takes 3 AA batteries and 3 AAA batteries. They do last a long time though... Read review

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Advantages: Light hearted fun
Disadvantages: Realistic?

...The Past, the Present and the Loud, Loud Girl (Ally's World) (Paperback) RRP 4.99 Meet the dysfunctional Love family: Father Love who's cool and caring, perfect Linn who hates the home because of its messiness and clutter, away with the fairies Rowan who never wears anything that matches and sleeps in a room full of fairy lights, cute, loveable and animal-obsessed Tor - and Ally, who is trying to have a normal life somewhere in the middle of it all. Which is not easy for Ally, as her house is like an animal hospital, courtesy of Tor and a DIY disaster. They all live together in a run down house in Crouch End. They live with 2 dogs, 5 cats, stick insects, gerbils, hamsters and other strays that Tor makes them take in. This book revolves around her time at school, her forgetting about a history project and having to deal with the new... Read review

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Advantages: perfect for younger babies
Disadvantages: none

...Allie the Cat is a VIP in our household. Made by Lamaze, this little cat has a huge personality and has certainly made a big hit with our daughter who is now 5 months old. We purchased Allie from Kiddicare in Peterborough (www.kiddicare.com) - normally priced at around £10, we paid £4.99 at the time of purchase (May 2005). Allie is very brightly coloured, which is what probably appeals to our daughter. Allie is also just about the perfect size for her to hug and hold and pull around (approximately 8 inches in height). Everything these days seem to end up in her mouth and Allie is no exception. I have found this toy to be very robust and very well made, considering it is chomped, chewed, sicked on and pulled around on a daily basis - easy to wipe clean too. To give you a run down on Allie: all four paws are made of a cloth... Read review

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Advantages: Rob Downey Jnr, Funny Scenes.
Disadvantages: Rob Downey Jnr getting kicked off the show.

...This is the best Ally McBeal season by far, I think the actors and the crew have finally worked out what goes, and how far they can push things. They're made Ally more naurotic in this season, and her 'fantasies' are much more funnier. But the thing for me that makes this season what it is, is the gorgeous bad boy Robert Downey Jnr. His portrayale as Larry Paul, a person Ally mistakes for a therapist even though he's a lawyer and then falls deeply in love with is fantastic. In every role I've ever seen him in, he's so smart and this shines through in Ally McBeal. He becomes a proper regular in episode 4 of the season, where he takes Ally's case when she's been sued. She's in the middle of dating two men, who are father and son (only Ally McBeal could pull that off) and he's dating her co-worker Nelle. My favourite episodes... Read review

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Advantages: Characters, Storylines
Disadvantages: Not on enough!

...ALly McBeal is probably the most original programme I have ever seen. Shows like Friends and Trigger Happy are becoming a bit samey, new dramas on the BBC are generally shocking, but Ally keeps coming up trumps. I have been watching the new series on E4, and I absolutely love it. Considering the rather limited scope for the series - how many stories can you come up with about a law firm and its goings on? - the range and content of the stories, and the amazing subtulties of the characters, and the way the whole programme manages to weave itself together leave me shaking my head is disbelief every time. Despite the show's name, there is certainly no obvious central character. The episode I watched tonight was based entirely on John and Richard, and other shows have concentrated on the affairs of John, Richard and Elaine with hardly... Read review

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Advantages: The writing
Disadvantages: Can be a bit naff

...Which T.V shw has the ability to make you laugh, Cry, think and ponder life in genaral all at the same time? The answer is Ally McBeal. Basically Ally is all about a neurotic 29 year old lawyer whose fantasis include a dancing baby and singing with Al Green! Alongside her bosses one with a remote flusher and the other obsessed with money, a secratary who invents weired things, the love of her life (may he rest in peace), the love of her lifes wife, Sub zero Nelle, her flat mate Rene and of course Ling(soft L soft G people pronounce it LinG it offends her) this show provides laughs aplenty. However in Season two the magic of David E Kelly created Angels and Blimps a show about a young boy who's dying and wants to sue God. Of course the inevitable happens and Eric dies leaving Ally and Ling bothe devistated even though Ling cries... Read review

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