Look here last for PC hardware

Advantages: Prices, choice, efficiency
Disadvantages: No proper shop, location, lack of shops, website

...Look here last for PC hardware, not because it is the worse place in the UK to buy PC hardware, au contraire... Simply quite possibly offers the best value PC hardware in the UK. Today I popped over to the shop to buy something and came home wondering if there were any opinions about this place, the style of selling here is pretty unique… <How Simply Works> You can order from the website www.simply.co.uk and it works just like any other website, however Simply’s website is completely different in that there is very little information on the product, usually just the product name and if it’s in stock and of course the price, unlike Jungle.com, which has details on most of its products. So simply is a place where you got to know what you want, (next sentence in a Jeremy Clarkson voice), and it usually has it...

Modena 28.02.2001 (01.03.2001) · Read review
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ASUS EEE PC 701 - Small but perfectly formed

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

...This review looks at one of many netbooks to be released in the UK over the past few months, ASUS's EEE PC 701 SD. The model I have is fitted with Windows XP and has an 8Gb hard drive. I bought it on special offer for £155. Appearance The 701SD is absolutely tiny. It weighs around a kilogram and is roughly the same size as a hardback reading book when in the closed position. It comes in a neat box along with instructions,a mains charger, a protective case and a system CD. It has a 7 inch screen which is absolutely tiny but is still perfectly functional. The unit has three USB sockets, headphone and microphone jacks, and SD memory card slot, a small webcam above the screen and a microphone positioned just underneath the keyboard. It has a small touchpad which is small but works in exactly yhte same way as a normal sized laptop...

Future77 27.07.2009 · Read review
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Mesh Computer Nightmare

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Appalling Customer Service

...send it straight back to mesh. The computer booted into windows without any problems. I was beginning to regain faith in this piece of hardware when more problems came to light. I needed to set-up a network to use the internet but the optical drive/CDrom would not read the software disc. I knew that the disc was OK because it worked in my laptop, my daughter?s laptop and my older desktop computer. The mesh Xtreme Pro I7-920 did eventually read the disc but it took over 2 hours of continual attempts. At this point I thought it was the disc that was at fault. Then I tried to install another piece of software this time using a brand new disc. Due to the earlier problems I inspected the disc thoroughly beforehand. This disc would not play in the drive either and strange juddering and stuttering noises could be heard. When I inspected the disc...

wholefruit 06.04.2009 (30.07.2009) · Read review
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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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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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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

...PC WORLD STORES PC world are the retail arm of DSG International group. They specialise in computing items but also sell, TVs, digital cameras, stationary and even office furniture. PC World stores are dotted around the country with stores often located in retail parks so many of them are as big as supermarkets. I have most frequently visited the stores in Croydon, Catford, Charlton and Old Kent Road, with Croydon and Catford being the most frequent. They usually have their own car parks (depending on location) and there?s usually a fair number of spaces which is good, as I hate having to look for parking spaces. Stores seem to consistently have the following sections: - Components - PC - Laptop - Software - Stationary - Digital Photography - Home entertainment - Printers - Networking The above sections are usually the big...

Deru 23.03.2009 · Read review
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XBOX 360 hardware review

Advantages: online gaming has reached a new level!
Disadvantages: Larger harddrives could be designed.

...The Xbox 360 is far more than a games machine. Some may say that it's a device that's allowed Microsoft to bring all manner of non-gaming, Microsoft-branded services and media functions into the living room (replete with tie-ins to Windows Media Center Edition and XP, naturally), but there's still no denying it's a capable beast. Basically a games console and a PC brought into one. It's slightly smaller than the original Xbox, and heavier. The huge power pack takes us back to the days of the Spectrum +3 - and then some! - and the controller is far better than it looked in the magasines. We should point out that it's the Full edition we're looking at here, replete with in-built 20GB hard drive and wireless controller. A 'Core' edition is available without these and a couple of other items for £70 less. There doesn't seem much point...

mat4janine 19.05.2007 · Read review
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Cat Eye Vectra computer

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

...It is imperative to know how far you've gone, how long it took and what your fastest speed was and the only way to do this is with a cycle computer. It is a must have bit of kit to ensure that you are actually improving. Computers can be wired or wireless. Off road it is important to ensure that the amount of things that can get tangled up in hedges, branches etc is kept to an absolute minimum and the only option, therefore, is a wireless computer. I stumbled across the Cat eye vectra whilst looking through the Evans Cycles site. The selection is vast and the functions, and prices, vary greatly. I only required the basic functions - the amount of calories I burn off, what my heart rate is etc doesn't really bother me. The Vectra is the most basic wireless computer that Evans sells, however, it has all the functions that I...

yackers1 08.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Cateye Vectra Wireless Computer

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 PSP... A great piece of hardware

Advantages: High definition widescreen, Easy to use, Can play movies, MP3 Player
Disadvantages: UMD Drive can seem flimsey, Not many movies at the moment.

...The PSP is an original piece of hardware, with an attractive look and an interesting set of features. To start off with, it has a high definition wide screen, with the same quality that you would get out of a PS2. Getting this amount of graphics into such a small space is not an easy task. It manages to keep this high quality running with it's speakers, which makes gameplay with it so much more enjoyable. Next, it already has a wide variety of games, which allows you to sit back in your seat and play for hours on a wide range of games, all taking advantage of it's great capabilities. It also has the ability to play movies. One of the movies already available on the PSP in UMD format is Spiderman, which provides an awesome experience! Let's not forget it's music player. Play music on the go with it's built in Memory Stick Duo...

ollienewth 30.05.2005 (31.05.2005) · Read review
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Review of Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP)