ThinkCentre... Think Smarter

Advantages: Slimline, Well Featured, Looks Good
Disadvantages: No Firewire, Not thought out properly

...ThinkCentre... Think Smarter IBM’s range of workstations have always been backed up with a long history, after all shouldn’t IBM be the experts, they did “invent” the PC after all! IBM’s ThinkCentre range represents IBM’s mid-range business workstations, enough power and multimedia capabilities to run the top end office and productivity, whilst keeping costs down to make the systems as affordable as possible. A hidden but equally important part of the ThinkCentres resides inside the computer and installed on the hard drives, these discrete design decisions and software packages that are shipped with the machines. I have recently installed 86 IBM ThinkCentre S50’s at work; this review is my attempt to distil my experiences into words. WHATS IN THE BOX? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When the box arrives at your door, or in my case three...

RichardSlater 19.01.2005 · Read review
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THINK REALLY

Advantages: very good processor with unique vast features.
Disadvantages: the flat screen looks too fragile.

...Well I have to come with the review of PC computer. Lenevo think center is a brand of computer that never made waves in the computer market. But I decided to give it a try by buying it and wanted to get rid of the popular dell, IBM and apple computers for some time. Well the lenovo think center computer has proved to be a bit different. Some features actually made me to purchase the product and are features like the administrator password, power on password, booting without mouse and key board, hard drive I/O control, usb control, serial port I/O control, boss Sequence control and diskette I/O control. These are the features that really made me to splash at about £250.60 on it. The lenovo thinkcentre A55 9265 Pentium D 915 2.8 GHz computer has host of unique think vantage technologies at competitive price. The processor...

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The Galleon Centre

Advantages: Good Value for Money, Swimming Pool
Disadvantages: Some of the staff's attitude

...& Fitness There is a very good selection of Aerobics classes available in the Galleon Centre including Pilates, Ab Blast, Body Pump, Aerobics for the terrified, Circuit Training, Spinning, Box-a-cise and Tums, Bums & Thighs amongst a whole lot more. A lot of these classes are aimed at beginners so anyone can go along and join in. The only class that I have done is the Spinning class which is a hard workout done to music while on bikes. This class was very tough and I felt like I could hardly walk when I got off the bike. 3) Swimming Pools The Galleon Centre has two swimming pools. There is a small, shallow childrens pool which also has a short flume going into it and there is also a large deeper pool which I think is thirty metres long. You can also learn to swim here as there are childrens swimming lessons for age three...

killiefan 01.02.2006 · Read review
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Think Thinkpad

Advantages: Speedy, Robust, Good graphics card, Connectivity
Disadvantages: Not the prettiest of designs, Annoying keyboard layout w/ no Windows key and Fn/Ctrl key placement

...INTRODUCTION I bought myself a used IBM / Lenovo Thinkpad T41 for £129 and although it's a pretty old machine (probably from 2004) and fairly low spec by today's standards, I still feel it was a bargain. This was from Cash Converters. DESIGN The machine, like all IBM (now made by Lenovo) notebooks are intended for business users and so the design is not particularly sleek but instead, have a very 'professional' look to them. They all seem to be black with a little bit of red on the button and either a red or blue knob for controlling the mouse pointer. Some people think they're on the ugly side but I actually quite like the look of the Thinkpads. I've noticed that all IBM / Lenovo Thinkpads look alike and have the same body, keyboard and use the same smooth black matte material rather than plastic that most other...

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Wembley Job Centre

Advantages: By signing on every 2 weeks you get some money.
Disadvantages: The staff are not very well trained.

...with Wembley job centre. I was shaking and almost in tears. A few days later after I had had chance to think about what happened; I called to ask if I could change my signing on time as I had no one to collect my son from school. The person I spoke to was very helpful and after I explained the whole situation he said I should come in and speak to the manager to make a complaint. He made me an appointment for 1.50 on 22nd September. When I arrived there was no record of my appointment. I waited 20 minutes whilst they found out who I should be seeing. Eventually I was called by a very nice lady who said she had been asked to see me to go over my job seekers agreement and re- arrange my signing on time. She was very sympathetic and agreed that it was unreasonable to expect me to come to sign on at the time I had to collect my son from school. She...

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A centre to find jobs, or just to be a scrounger!

Advantages: Helpful staff, good up to date website.
Disadvantages: Long waits, queues for jobsearch machines.

...As a few of you will already know I have recently lost my job (good old credit crunch!) so I have been using the jobcentre website and the jobcentre visiting centre (store just isn't the right word is it "hello, i'd like a job please) and this review is based on the jobcentre in Harlow, Essex. To sign up for jobseekers allowance I had to ring an 0800 number and get asked a number of questions (including pregnancy information - i'm not, gender, nationality, do I have the right to work here blah de blah) and this took around 30 minutes. I was very pleased with the person I spoke with, he was very helpful and got through the questions as fast as possible. I had been told it could take up to 45 minutes but thankfully it was a little less. Once I had finished giving him all the details I was told that I was eligible for jobseekers...

katyeverett 08.06.2009 · Read review
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I know what I think!

Advantages: excellent story and characters
Disadvantages: none

...'Not What You Think' is the second book I have read by Irish writer Melissa Hill and it was every bit as good as the first. The story is about three women - Nicola, Laura and Helen - who have been friends for years. They have been through good times and bad but generally have been there for each other - or at least that is what you might think. The period in their lives when the story occurs sees them all looking forward to different opportunities and facing up to different challenges. Laura is about to marry her long time love Neil but is also setting up her own jewellery design business. More than anything though she wants to win the approval of her mother which is by no means an easy task! Helen has difficulties bonding with her three year old daughter particularly because she sees her as an obstacle to any lasting relationships. It...

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Dover Leisure Centre

Advantages: You don't need to be a member to use the facilities
Disadvantages: Certain parts may be shut due to private events

...Living in Dover means that we don't have too many facilities. Dover Leisure Centre is about the only sporting facility in Dover other than the football and rugby pitches. Location Dover Leisure Centre is located on Townwall Street in Dover which is pretty much on the seafront and within walking distance to the Port of Dover. It is also within walking distance of Dover town, Dover Priory Station and Pencester bus station. Facilities There are two swimming pools at Dover Leisure Centre. There is a main swimming pool which is 25 metres and also a learner / childrens pool. In the main pool, there are two lanes of the swimming pool which are sectioned off to create one slow, and one fast swimming lane. The rest of the pool is then literally just open water where people can swim at their own leisure. The smaller pool is much...

daylehall 24.01.2008 · Read review
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Jorvik centre: York

Advantages: Very good attraction!!
Disadvantages: Expensive!

...The Jorvik center is if you didn't know, situated in the center of York, Yorkshire. Its one of the main attractions in the city and brings in hundreds of tourists and school visitors. The Jorvik Centre (pronounced Yorvic), is a real acheaology site, where the Vikings of York lived thousands of years ago. Its a museum with a twist though, as with "normal" museums, you walk around, you read signs and miss most things, especially if you have kids with you! But, this place is very different, when you enter, your taken into a "time machine", where you sit, and your told a short story, and a scientist takes us back in time to 975AD when the Vikings lived in York. Upon leaving the "time machine", you notice you've been transported back in time, to the old streets of York. You are then taken to a "ride", I say ride, but its not...

stephbond89 06.06.2009 · Read review
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The Heights Leisure Centre - Isle of WIght

Advantages: great
Disadvantages: none

...desire. The leisure centre has squash leagues where people of different ages and abilities can join. The games for the leagues take place on Monday evenings from 5o clock so Monday evening is a no go for booking a private game. The Bistro (Café)... The Café does have good positioning in the leisure centre and has large glass windows overlooking the large pool. There sell a lot of healthy things to eat in here but still do sell things such as chips or chocolate! The prices are reasonable and I think it is a good place to come and watch the swimmers and enjoy a well made cup of tea. The Crèche... Now I use the crèche facilities a lot and if this option wasn't available to me then I think I would hardly be able to attend any classes at all. At first I was rather dubious about leaving Jack in the care of these ladies but after my first...

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