Thursday, July 16th, 2009
So a few weeks ago, I (Graham) went to London to visit Microsoft and listen to what they had to say about Windows 7 and I was impressed I have to say. Yes I was a fan already and contemplating putting it on my normal work laptop but hadn't quite ...
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
We recently have had the privilege of supplying ans setting up a high spec Latitude E6500 and we are very impressed. Yes it is a lot of money for many users, but we can see what you are paying for!
Let's start with the specification of the machine:
15.4" Wide Screen WXGA+ ...
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
In this blog I'm going to give the Dell Vostro 1510 the once over. The difference to this machine review is that I am by no means a techie. So this review is very much from a typical users point of view. So we're all on the same page, here ...
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
AVG 8.0 – replacing AVG 7.5...so what’s new?
February saw the release of AVG 8.0 and it was time for users to see if AVG could better an already fantastic product. I think in practise it is very hard to answer that just yet, as it is not long released. However ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Continuing the review of Dell machines that pass through Brandstar's doors with the XPS M1530. In short...NICE! Even though it is just a big version of my M1330 I was still suitably impressed.
The M1530 came with just a 6 cell battery rather than the 9 cell that my smaller laptop ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
As more and more Dell machines pass through our doors I thought I would review some of them that I think stand out! Starting with the 1525 Inspiron Laptop.
Recently Dell released what seems to be a replacement for the 1521 which is no longer available. The 1525 however is an ...
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Many of my posts here are inspired by regular questions from clients and this post is no different. I am often asked "What computer should I buy", and when I recommend Dell the response from time to time is "ooo no, not a Dell computer". Not everyone thinks that, ...
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
The latest addition to the Brandstar Computer list is a Dell XPS M1330 Crimson Red laptop, 13.3" screen, 2GHz Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB memory, 160GB hard drive, 2.0 Mega pixel Camera, DVDRW, bluetooth, wireless, Vista Home Premium etc. I didn't see a real need for the Biometric ...
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