Advantages: stable o/s, easy to upgrade
Disadvantages: possible long download times to update if you have a slow Internet connection

...per day (for example, if you download images from a digital camera and then unplug the camera without “stopping” the ‘removable storage device’ the PC will fall over). They were told by one service engineer that the cost of upgrading the operating system on their laptop – taking into account the software cost and his time – would be comparable to buying a new machine: at this point I intervened and undertook to do some research to find out if this was true (it did not sound right to me, even in today’s disposable age). I have used a variety of operating systems over the years, commencing with early versions of DOS and covering Apple Mac. My own first home computer was an ex-work 386 desktop (which cost me £25!) running DOS 3.1 which, once I’d realised its limitations, was replaced by a Pentium-based machine running Windows 95... Read review

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Advantages: Travel in comfort, get decent food & free booze
Disadvantages: Er, none whatsoever

...First of all let me say that this is not guaranteed to work, however, I have got a VERY high success rate, as have members of my family who also follow this system. There are four members of our family who fly reasonably regularly to JFK to visit my other half's sister who lives in New York. We always book tickets online (usually through Opodo). We always buy economy tickets. We almost always get an upgrade to 'BA ClubWorld'. This is what seems to work for us. Firstly, join BA's 'Executive Club' - it's free, you can do it online, it only takes a minute or two and you get various member benefits. Right, once you've joined, each time you fly you can take advantage of BA's excellent online check-in system. Go to www.BA.com to check in, as soon as there's less than 24 hours to go before your flight departure. The online... Read review

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Advantages: easy to install
Disadvantages: expensive

...Microsoft Word 2003 Microsoft word 2003 upgrade is actually one of Microsoft's better products, it has new templates incorporated into the package and has excellent downloads from the Microsoft website which for a limited time are actually free. Microsoft has been attempting to integrate all its packages in the office program for some time and this has generally worked Microsoft word is capable of importing all of the other office programs into word. This package is one of the best on the market however it doesn't handle images and graphics very well this is because when you try and place a graphics image on the screen it uses half the page with a graphics box. In my humble opinion Microsoft are trying to emulate a desktop publishing program when they should really just stick to a word processor and create a desktop publishing... Read review

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