Advantages: Perfectly adequate features, compact, beautiful design, brand name, cheap, perfect for newbies and undemanding users.
Disadvantages: Tinny speakers, fairly short battery life, paltry software bundle could've done with more RAM but that's what you get for the price range.

...In over 10yrs of PC computing I've owned 3 desktops and 2 palmtops, but never a laptop. To rectify that my mum purchased a NEC Versa M500e (the e I presume differentiates it from the slightly higher model?) primarily for herself, but everyone else is having a go too. With ability to share broadband it seems a nice time to get one. This Versa notebook doesn't have the braun of higher end notebooks, but for a budget machine it still packs quite a punch. First timers and those with undemanding needs (net, office applications, some games and multimedia) will find this perfect. NEC mightn't be the boldest name in computing but you've heard of them! It's been a long time since beige machines were out of fashion, and the M500e isn't one machine that dares to go back. It's a gorgeous silver case with black keys and pad sensor, all sleekly... Read review

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Advantages: Reads practically everything. Writes to TWO formats (+RW and -RW)
Disadvantages: None so far, but disk costs make it more important not to waste any

..., unlike Betamax and VHS tapes, at least these things are all the same shape, so that, given a sufficiently versatile machine, it should be possible to read/play them all, even if you can only record one of them. NEC ND-1300A And this is where I FINALLY get to the point. I’ve just bought a NEC ND-1300a DVD Re-Writer to put in my latest reincarnation of my PC. Not only can it read all the existing formats of DVD, but unlike the vast majority of its peers, it can actually write to TWO of them, not the more normal one. There is one other maker producing a similar machine at time of writing, Sony, but this is in such heavy demand that it is on very long delivery and/or higher priced. At £220 for the retail version, complete with recording software bundle, the NEC doesn’t actually, when bought from www.dabs.com, cost much more than... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap to upgrade, good features and upgraded its not too slow
Disadvantages: Not a laptop to go out and buy new.

...connection. The laptop is cheap to upgrade. But if you're looking to buy a new laptop then I'd advise to buy one of the 1Gb laptops for around £300-£400 if you're looking for something basic, maybe for school or uni. The C160 is not built for gaming and will simply die under the graphic requirements.It is not a good idea to buy this if you are looking for a laptop to last you as, already at full upgrade it is behind the basic models of today. However if you have one and are thinking of changing it, I'd advise looking into how cheap it is to upgrade.I found mine very cheap to upgrade and is doing okay for me at University.If memory is what you are looking for I'd advise you to look to upgrade again to a 5100rpm 80Gb HDD instead of replacing the 4800rpm 35Gb HDD. I also upgraded the HDD as it died from old age. I now run a Versa C160 Athlon XP... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent picture with proven track record for quality and reliability
Disadvantages: Somewhat out-dated product now which is being superceeded

...Before reading any further on this review you should be aware that the above NEC 42 MP2 and NEC 42 MP3 ranges are in the process of being superceeded by NEC 42 VP4 range. So although you can still buy this screen online it will become increasingly difficult to do so. One advantage of a soon to be discontinued item is that I notice the cost on this one has come down to as little as £1,750 (inc. VAT) - half what I paid when this model first appeared on the market back in 2002. I say grab one if you can and while you still can because even against more recent advances being made on plasma, I think this is still one of the best screens around. If you're anything like me, this will be one of the most expensive items you'll ever purchase for your home - a once in a lifetime extravegance - so you have to get it right. I spent over 6 months... Read review

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Advantages: Video camera and calling capability, good compared to other phones available
Disadvantages: Very big and bulky, a pain to use, generally not very good

...~Introduction~ I have had the Nec e606 for about three months now. I previously had the Motorola a835, which decided to break so I needed to replace it. The problem is that I have a contract with 3 Mobile; I think you will all sigh at that, and that means that I can only put my sim card in a 3 Mobile telephone. As if that’s not bad enough, it has to be a contract and not a pre pay phone. This is probably about the most bearable phone available on the 3 network, so I decided to purchase one on the cheap from eBay. The phone itself was released when 3 mobile first came into being. It was, I suppose their flagship phone and also the phone by which all o