Advantages: Luxury, quality, feel, design, status, - too many others to mention
Disadvantages: the bezel is a bit hard to grip bit thats it !

...Long before I saw James Bond wearing an Omega Seamaster, I always wanted one, seeing them in every film doing yet more wonderful things each time made me a real sucker for marketing and just increased my want for one further (now after 10 + years of drooling at the jewellers window I have finally been able to afford one (and appologise to my jeweller for the drooling) so heres my synopsis of it...... The price Although the price is a bit of a crippler, comparitively the Seamaster provides a lot more watch for a lot less money against other swiss brands. The Automatic full sise Seamaster Professional runs about £1200 (as reviewed) The Quartz full size Seamaster professional about £700-900 The midsize automatic Seamaster professional about £1050 - 1100 The midsize quartz Seamaster £795 Solid Gold Seamaster professional Automatic... Read review

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Advantages: Gives teeth and mouth a good clean
Disadvantages: Masses of packaging

...Colgate professional weekly clean Part of the Colgate TOTAL range, this toothpaste is for those wanting "that dentist complete clean feeling". The professional clean is described as one which removes plaque and tartar to maintain good oral health. ~~What is it~~ Marketed as being like a professional clean, the toothpaste is a concentrated formula with the same cleaning ingredients used by dentists. It will give your teeth a full 12 hours protection. It contains something called Prophy-Silica which disperses through your mouth to fight all that bacteria, tartar and plaque. This will apparently clean not only teeth but also between the teeth and at the back of the mouth- all the hard to reach places. ~~Product and Packaging~~ When I found it on the shelf, I admit it did look very professional, and as though it would live... Read review

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Advantages: It's suposed to clean your teeth....
Disadvantages: ...but I don't think it really does

...I am a frequent chewer of gum for two main reasons firstly because it stops me reaching out for a bar of chocolate or other naughty treat and secondly because I am a smoker (hangs head in shame) and am aware that my breath probably smells like an ashtray. My regular brand is Wrigley's Extra in the cool mint variety; however on this occasion my usual brand was not available so I took the opportunity to try something different. I saw Orbit Professional on the shelf and thought 'yep, that's me - surly I can be considered professional after all these years of gum chewing', plus it was still manufactured by the trusted Wrigley's. HISTORY The Wrigley company was founded in 1891 by 29 year old William Wrigley Jr. Initially Mr. Wrigley was a soap salesman but then discovered that the baking powder business was more lucrative... Read review

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Advantages: Faster and fancier
Disadvantages: Price

...It's not like Microsoft to give something for nothing, in fact it's usually the oposite. We are normally made to pay over the odds for something which is not much of an improvement on the earlier versions, but I have been using Office XP for about a month now and I am pleased with it - especially as it was free. Microsoft are currently offering a free 30 day trial of Microsoft Office XP Professional. You can get your copy from: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/eval/ The CD includes: Word 2002 Excel 2002 Powerpoint 2002 Access 2002 Outlook 2002 It's worth noting that the only difference between Microsoft Office Standard and Microsoft Office XP Professional is that you get Access 2002 with Office professional. I find Microsoft Office Proffesional to be much nicer than Office 2002. Some of the extra features include... Read review

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Advantages: see text
Disadvantages: See text

...these major advantages stated above would help the average user to decide whether to upgrade or not. As for the Professional Edition, it does have certain features over the Home Edition, such as Remote Desktop, Encrypting File System (EFS) and many others. For further information on selecting which one is right for you got to this article by Microsoft, titled "Which Edition Is Right for You?" at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp The main disadvantage of Windows XP is its heavy requirements, being: - PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system); Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended - 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance... Read review

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Advantages: More flexibility, reliabillity and quite frankly amazing
Disadvantages: It's very expensive - but don't be put off by this