Advantages: Fairly Fast, Stable System
Disadvantages: DVD Drive Fault

...Product Description Fujitsu Siemens SCALEO 600ix - P4 2.6 GHz Type PC Form Factor Mid tower Dimensions (WxDxH) 18 cm x 49.8 cm x 43.2 cm Weight 13 kg Processor 1 x Intel Pentium 4 2.6 GHz Cache Memory 512 KB L2 Cache Cache Per Processor 512 KB RAM 512 MB (installed) / 2 GB (max) - DDR SDRAM Storage Controller IDE ( DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra) ) Floppy Drive 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy Hard Drive 1 x 120 GB - standard - DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra) Optical Storage 1 x DVD±RW Optical Storage (2nd) DVD-ROM Monitor None Graphics Controller AGP 8x - ATI RADEON 9200 - 128 MB Audio Output Sound card Communications Fax / modem - 56 Kbps ( V.90 ) Networking Network adapter - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet OS Provided Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Manufacturer Warranty 1 year warranty I have had this computer nearly a year, I am very happy with it... Read review

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Advantages: Extreme many maps and cities indicatable with high detailed steps. Correct information of the routes. Replaces for expensive navigation systems and for maps from paper. Been suitable for driver, pedestrian as well as cyclist / motorcyclist.
Disadvantages: High price. Wrong time calculation with the routes.

...to Osaris. In the meantime one can use TomTom also with Nokia 9210/9290. CD-Rome can be installed only on Windows-PC's. °°° of Required warehouses (according to manufacturer) On PalmOS: 200 KB On Pocket PC: 800 KB On EPOC, Psion Revo / 5 / 5MX and compatible: 320 KB On EPOC, Psion netbook/serie 7 and compatible: 1,2 MB °°° for the GPS-support If 100 KB and are required for EPOC in addition for Pocket PC in addition 300 KB. For tickets(maps) with low detailed step are usually 150 - 600 KB of main memory necessary. For tickets(maps) with high detailed step are usually 1,5 - 6 MB of main memory necessary. (Source: http: // mobile2day.widget.de/mobile2day/Produkt e / 1435.htm) °°° Is delivered to TomTom as follows: CD ROME with. ° CityMaps software for Pocket PC, Palm OS and EPOC ° street plan data v. more than 100.000 cities in Europe... Read review

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Advantages: Great quality
Disadvantages: Expensive

...After finally commiting my little 600 DPI scanner to the scrapheap, I realised I needed quality scanning at a reasonable cost. One that could provide me with a decent picture grain and quality. With modern download speeds, internet pictures can afford to be a bit bigger in Kb size for the sake of extra quality. So I decided to purchase a `named` scanner with some good features. The Epson Perfection 1650 seemed as good as any. Sure you can pick up a budget scanner for £30 but at just over £100, this is by far the best quality scanner on the market for the money. Looks/build. ------------ It looks like any normal scanner with its grey/tan body and lift up lid but it seems more sturdy than most out there. The lid is more rigid and has a feel of quality during operation. Installation. ------------- Installation speed is quite quick. Its... Read review

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Advantages: Unlimited technical help
Disadvantages: Slow transfer speed

...Previously had NTL dial up internet connection which was beginning to show it's speed limitations. Also I now needed to free up the phone line for other family members whilst I was using the net. I selected 600Kb broadband as the best value choice for me. Installation was easy since an NTL engineer visits your home to install cable and make the connections to your set-top TV digibox (if you don't opt for a separate modem). Installation wasn't the most discrete I've ever seen but I'll put that right when I next decorate. The engineer doesn't make the actual connection to the computer since there is a procedure to be followed when you install the connection software which NTL provide. I actually had a problem with the installation program and I couldn't actually make the software load properly at first, however a call to their technical... Read review

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Advantages: excellent chip
Disadvantages: none

...You - the Ciao.com public, deserve to be kept abreast of the latest news and technical goings on. So I'll share with you in my true style my thoughts and knowledge regarding Palomino, or as Dick Squit will know it, Athlon 4. Got an e-mail earlier today that was just a text delimted blurb of sorts, looking into it I extracted the data below, as well as some other tidbits which I'll tell you about in a minute. Athlon AMD Athlon (Thunderbird) AMD Athlon 4 (Palomino) Infrastructure Socket A Socket A Production-procédé 0.18 micron 0.18 micron Transistors 37 million (120 mm²) 37,5 million (128 mm²) Power consumption (relative) -- -20% Cache 384 kb total 384 kb total with data prefetch 3D en Multimedia instructions Enhanced 3DNow! 3DNow! Professional Functions for use in notebooks No AMD Power Now! Technology[NL]Thermical diode [NL... Read review

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Advantages: Quite Cheap
Disadvantages: Slow Connection

.... Normally I would be downloading at 5 or so Kilobytes (1KB = 1024BYTES) The general connection speed is low all day currently I am connected at 29333 Kb my modem is 56Kb. I have been as low as 19 Kb. In general I would say that Tesco Internet is not really too bad. It is quite cheap and despite being slow it isn’t snail slow! You do get 6 free e-mail accounts: yourname@tesco.net. Which i think seems in-ferior to freeserve's yourname@yourname.fsnet.co.uk which was less "billboardy" As far as I know you donot get any webspace. I would say that if you are still on dial-up or even broadband you should get Tesco, mainly for the price. It is the cheapest I have found (although I have never looked at the prices for AOL but I will not go with them!)... Read review

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Advantages: Lattop-like keys, plenty of hotkeys, integrated skype phone, extra jacks
Disadvantages: The USB to CMI swtich takes time to update

...I was browsing the net the other day in search of ways of spending my heard earned cash and came across this little jewel. Thought it be a bit of a novelty and looked good on the pictures so decided that I would take my chances and spend the £23 that was required. FIRST IMPRESSIONS Unpacked it today when it arrived at work and boy I couldn't wait till my lunch break to unpack it. To tell the truth I was slightly disillusioned when I opened the box as the phone on the picture on the website (www.aria.co.uk) looks like proper size phone but this one looks like its midget cousin. I suppose it was my fault not calculating in my head that for a phone to fit in the breadth of a KB it must be as broad (or wide, depending on how you look) as the KB. Daft me there... Looking at the box and I noticed that the KB has two 3.5mm jacks... Read review

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Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

...some food … Just for addition information, there are various screen resolutions available to use, that is 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x1024, 1600x1200, and in accordance with Desktop Resolution. It is really flexible. It is nicer with a flat big monitor! Well, in order to enjoy this screensaver, just turn on some music or songs you love and watch the fishes swimming. Don't forget to turn off the lights in the room. Now you can enjoy it! Get it now! Just make sure to visit www.serenescreen.com to obtain a free download of this application. The file to be downloaded is not a big one, just about 1,132 KB (a zip file). It is also easy to install. Just need your creation in the settings, especially to arrange the composition of fishes to be displayed. The price of the registered version is $19.95. I think it is not expensive... Read review

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Advantages: Killing time and for fun.
Disadvantages: Wasting time, because actually time is very valuable.

...Do you want to be Hercules? Disney’s Hercules Action Game will bring you to exprerience the great adventure of Hercules. Walking, running, avoiding attacks, jumping, finding secreets and beating enemies (some of them are ancient creatures) with various weapons are really interesting and challenging features found in this adventure game. Nice sceneries, such as green field, hilly landscape, lakes and rivers also beautify the game. Minimum System Requirements This classic game does not require a sophisticated PC. Here are the minimum specifications. Pentium processor, 90 MHz or faster Microsoft Windows 95 16 MB RAM 57 MB free disk space Microsoft-compatible mouse DirectX-compatible 256-color VESA or PCI local bus video card DirectX-compatible 16-bit sound card Quadruple-speed (4x) CD-ROM drive (minimum 600 KB transfer rate... Read review

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Advantages: Plenty of programable keys
Disadvantages: None I've found yet :-)

...If, like me, you do a lot of typing and also like to have music in the background while doing so, this is the keyboard for you. It's a slightly neater footprint than the internet natural KB which I had before it. Again all your important keys are to hand but this time it feels like there are less of them because the music ones are organised in one section in the middle. My only gripe with that layout is that the volume buttons are right in the middle of the other more used ones and aren't always the easiest to hit quickly with the way they're laid out. However, unlike my previous board this one at least does operate fully with the latest version of my media player (non standard). All the hotkeys are programmable which is useful and the Function keys double up as mail command ones e.g. Reply/Send/Fwd etc which can be very useful... Read review

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