Mac OS X (Complete Package)

Advantages: Very similar to Windows XP
Disadvantages: Very different from Mac OS 9

...I use an Mac for work purposes and a PC at home. On the Mac, time is of great importance and every feature that saves time saves money and there are quite a few great time saving features on Mac OS X that do just that! If you are a PC user and currently use Windows XP then the new operating for the Apple Mac will be very appealing to you. It is very similar in many ways to that of Windows XP. One of the main differences that Mac OS X has which is one of my favourite features is that it has what is called a dock. This is a bar that can sit either at the bottom of the screen or on either side and you can use it to add in short cuts to all your software. Also if you have folders that you access alot and you don't want to keep trying to find them all the time then you can add them to the dock. All you then have to do is go to the dock...

saraha007 02.01.2005 · Read review
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Review of Mac OS X Panther 10.3 Complete package

.Mac Package buy with caution

Advantages: Easy to use
Disadvantages: Lack of customer service/ difficult to cancel

...I used .mac for a year and I am not very pleased with the service I receieved. For anyone who doesnt know very much about it basically .mac is a supscription service for Apple Computer Users. It includes mail, web hosting, i-disk (online hard disk) and a bundle of other useless features. Firstly .Mac used to come with a virus application, they stopped providing this in the fee and it greatly reduced the value for money. The mail service is not as good as hotmail or yahoo mail and is not as reliable. Customer Service is difficult to find/non-existent. It is an expensive package for web hosting - there are much cheaper options available. A lot of features are available free on the internet or are included with your ISP. Finally its difficult to cancel. I have had to request MasterCard refund my money as apple...

matty80 20.04.2006 · Read review
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.mac... just too expensive...

Advantages: Great integration, amazing concept
Disadvantages: Price, upload speeds are poor, lack of space

...--What is it?-- Basically .Mac (dotmac) is a service, provided my Apple, which allows users to have access to a 'suite of internet applications.' It is shown on your mac (once it has been installed) as a hard drive (called an iDisk) with the following folders: Backup Documents Groups Library Movies Music Pictures Public Sites Software Web The standard package come with 1GB of file and email storage, b ut this can be increased to 2 or 4GB at a cost. If you like to share photos, movies, blogs, podcasts and websites, then this package integrates right into the iLife package, making it literally one click to upload you latest iWeb website or GarageBand track. --Uses-- -Website Hosting You can use the service to upload your website for others to se. It integrates straight into iWeb, so that publishing is done...

roodiepoo96 19.09.2006 · Read review
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the complete package

Advantages: many
Disadvantages: sticks to pack and a little pricey

...Orbit Complete sugar free gum. i have been using gum for years i use it not for taste but for a second way of cleaning my theeth , as when im at work etc.. i can not take my toothbrush, so i use gum. also i am insulin dep. diabetic and i get dry mouth due to my blood suger either going up or down and the gum is a great way to help stopping a dry mouth, when im out and about also the suger free helps as im not supposed to eat any suger at all. this gum also contains xailitol what is great for theeth and gums, its like brushing and fights bacteria and is a great addition to brushing, flossing etc... This gum comes in a cardboard pack and each piece of gum is wraped in like a greese proof paper. to keep it from sticking togeather and to keep it freash. This chewing gum comes in all the mint flavours and comes in a rectangle shape...

Craige0511 23.06.2008 · Read review
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Mac OSX Tiger

Advantages: harder, better, faster, stronger
Disadvantages: lack of software compared to windows

...I haven't been able to find a review on here for Mac OSX Tiger, so here's my little bit, well its quite long actually. I've been using my first mac for almost 6 months now, so I've got used to the operating system now at first it was a bit daunting, from using windows pc's for years, and knowing my way around it pretty well. I considered myself to be pretty good with computers and i was able to solve any problems I had myself however... I had really had enough with the amount of spywear and viruses infecting my computer, constantly having to run programes such as Norton, that would kindly tell me that i had a virus, but then also tell me that it could do nothing about it. The final straw for me was when I installed an update from Windows Automatic Updater, and it seemed to delete some of the system files on my computer and Windows...

ronniwonni 09.12.2006 · Read review
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Review of Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 Complete package

MAC OSX Panther

Advantages: Not Windows
Disadvantages: Apple are about to release OSX Tiger

...It the moment OSX Panther is defiantly the best operating system. Its is the piece of software to start Microsoft's downfall. Its has a very trendy, modern and usable interface which is easily to modify to your own visual liking. Intel Apple have never been as popular as PCs, except in media or design business, and most people generally steered clear due to a lack of software available and having never used it. This however should all start to change as Panther is not only incredibly easy to use, but with the power of Apple computers it is posable to have the best of both world and run OSX Panther and Windows XP at the same time using Virtual PC. Like Windows it also comes with a few arcade style games and a word processing package which also includes a drawing, painting, spread sheet and database programs. MACs own web...

tomseear 21.04.2005 · Read review
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Ulead VideoStudio 8 Complete Package

Advantages: Ease of use, SmartSound, improved audio and titling
Disadvantages: No background rendering, some new features a bit fiddly.

...and convert them to a different format in one hit. Nice to see is the support for MPEG4 (DIVX) and AC3 Dolby Digital audio as well as 16:9 footage. Note though that the first two options require plug-ins at additional cost (£13.78 each). Ulead have done their best to ensure you have as much at your disposal as possible when it comes to creating your video masterpieces. One things still sorely lacking though is background rendering. Until you prepare your final output either to tape or DVD/CD, no rendering is done. Pinnacle's Studio 9 does this in the background as you work and it's a great time saver when filters and effects have been used. Conclusion Whilst I felt some of the newer features could have been more intuitive in use, they all added to what was already an impressive package. I wasn't much impressed by the Movie Wizard but that...

ilaskey 07.02.2007 · Read review
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BackUp MyPC Deluxe Complete package

Advantages: Supports a wide range of devices and media types
Disadvantages: Limited scheduling

...scheduler offering the ability to do a full backup of all files on a designated day of the week and optionally to do an incremental one on the other days. I wasn't very impressed with this and felt this option seriously lacked flexibility. The only saving grace it had was that you could specify the user account and password this task would run under to ensure it completed successfully even if someone else was using the PC Finally, there is Disaster Recovery Preparation. This analyses the PC before recommending exactly what you need to do a full recovery from scratch in the case of total loss of the hard drive or a similar catastrophic failure. I tried it on a test laptop which it duly analysed before advising we needed a Windows XP Pro CD, 4 floppy disks and a blank DVD-R. All well and good but the laptop had no floppy disk drive so that was...

ilaskey 26.01.2007 · Read review
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Apple MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz - 17" TFT

Advantages: nice screen, good battery life, fast specs
Disadvantages: large size (price?)

...Apple mac-books, where to start... ok, so to start, it is an apple, that means you get a solid quality product and on the whole very good customer are. this particualar apple is deffinatly more suited to being a media center than other laptops. At first glance you realise that it is a fairly large laptop, this allows for a big screen, which being an apple ffers clear vivid displays, unfortunatly the big screen increases the overal size and also uses more battery, however, the 4.5 hour yattery is still very good for an entertainment laptop. The laptops technical specs include a very fast 2.5 ghz dual core proccesor which is very fast, the dual core allows it to tackle multiple tasks quicly as well as increasing the overall speed of the laptop. The price is quite steep however, but i believe, if given the money, it is...

pieceofmind 29.04.2008 (30.04.2008) · Read review
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Death by a thousand cuts or a brilliant presentation package?

Advantages: A great tool for the creation of formal and educational presentations.
Disadvantages: Takes time and practice to become a confident, competent user.

...Death by a thousand cuts or a brilliant presentational package?MS PowerPoint MS PowerPoint is a powerful graphics programme that has transformed the manner in which we prepare and deliver presentations. You can create, customise, animate and print presentations. It enables you to communicate information clearly and effectively. Many computers come with this package already installed.The MS PowerPoint version that I use is the 2003 package for Students and Teachers, working on an XP laptop. This package costs £40.00 from Amazon, if bought separately,  and is operated through Windows. The 2003 version has been superceded by newer, more sophisticated versions, the latest being MS PowerPoint 2007. However, I still find the 2003 version perfectly adequate for my present needs. There are many online training packages, much...

NomadSue 13.10.2009 · Read review
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