Desktop OSs reviews
The latest Desktop OSs reviews at PC Advisor. Desktop OSs user reviews, ratings, buying advice and price comparison
- Microsoft (18 reviews)
- Canonical (11 reviews)
- Apple (7 reviews)
- Parallels (7 reviews)
- Linux (3 reviews)
- Vmware (3 reviews)
- Community (2 reviews)
- Hat (2 reviews)
- Mint (2 reviews)
- Red (2 reviews)
- 360 (1 reviews)
- Codeweavers (1 reviews)
- Crunchbang (1 reviews)
- Desktop (1 reviews)
- Fedora (1 reviews)
- Fedorared (1 reviews)
- Foundation (1 reviews)
- Gnome (1 reviews)
- Google (1 reviews)
- Inter (1 reviews)
- Internet (1 reviews)
- Is (1 reviews)
- Jolicloud (1 reviews)
- Linspire (1 reviews)
- Meego (1 reviews)
- Microsystems (1 reviews)
- Moblin (1 reviews)
- My (1 reviews)
- Net (1 reviews)
- Novell (1 reviews)
- Peppermint (1 reviews)
- Sun (1 reviews)
- Team (1 reviews)
- This (1 reviews)
- Ubuntu (1 reviews)
- Xandros (1 reviews)
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Windows 8.1 review
We look at the updates in Windows 8.1, including the new Start button, customisation options and new features. Is Windows 8.1 – also known as Windows Blue – any good?…
08/07/2013
£25 inc VAT
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Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail review
With the Unity design aesthetic allied to a speedy and robust engine, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail may just be the one Linux OS to rule them all. Read our Ubuntu…
20/06/2013
Free
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GNOME 2 Linux review
GNOME 2 remains king of the Linux desktop. Here's our GNOME 2 Linux review.
02/01/2013
Free
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Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal review
Ubuntu 12.10, otherwise known as Quantal Quetzel, is a landmark release from Canonical, if not entirely for the right reasons...
23/11/2012
Free
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Microsoft Windows 8 review
Windows 8 represents the biggest change to Microsoft’s operating system since the launch of Windows 95. Here’s our Windows 8 review. It’s the only Windows 8 review…
29/10/2012
£25 inc VAT
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VMWare Fusion 5.0 review
VMWare Fusion styles itself as the best way to run Windows on Mac. We got our colleagues at Macworld UK to put this claim to the test in our VMWare Fusion 5.0 review.
05/10/2012
£40 inc VAT
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Linux Mint 13 Maya review
KDE is the most accomplished and mature of three Linux Mint flavours, but bugs remain. Here's our Linux Mint 13 Maya review.
05/09/2012
Free
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Windows To Go review
Windows To Go is a sand-boxed bootable version of Windows 8 that runs direct from a USB stick. Here's our Windows To Go review.
10/08/2012
Free
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Apple OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion review
Apple's Mountain Lion is the new OS X, version 10.8, and the eighth update in 11 years to the Mac operating system. We walk you through the new features to see if…
25/07/2012
£14 inc VAT
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Google Chrome OS review
The Google Chrome OS has now moved on from overblown browser to fully fledged operating system. Read our updated Google Chrome OS review to find out more. Updated…
06/06/2012
Free
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Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin review
Ubuntu 12.04, also known as Precise Pangolin, is the latest version of the popular desktop Linux distribution, featuring a new Head-Up Display to provide keyboard…
25/05/2012
Free
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Apple Mac OS X 10.7 Lion review
Mac OS X is already the most successful PC operating system in history. A bold claim, but read on to find out why... UPDATED 20th JULY 2011
20/07/2011
£21 inc VAT
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Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal review
Ubuntu 11.04 – codenamed Natty Narwhal – sports a new graphical user interface. This popular Linux distribution's interface is now an opinion divider but worth…
24/06/2011
Free
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Ubuntu Light review
Ubuntu Light is a lightweight Linux operating system, a fast-booting environment now pre-installed on Dell laptops.
25/05/2011
Free
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CrunchBang Linux review
CrunchBang Linux is a free lightweight Linux operating system that eschews some of the bells and whistles of more user-friendly distros such as Ubuntu and Peppermint Ice.
22/02/2011
Free
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Ubuntu Netbook Edition review
Ubuntu Netbook Edition is precisely what it sounds like: a version of the Ubuntu Linux operating system modified for use with netbook laptops.
15/02/2011
Free
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Peppermint Ice Linux review
These days, if a desktop-focussed Linux distribution wants to stand out from the pack of Ubuntu-wannabes it either needs to be especially slick or offer something a…
10/02/2011
Free
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Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat review
Maverick Meerkat is the codename for Ubuntu Linux 10.10, the latest and quite comfortably the greatest of easy Linux options for desktop PCs and laptops.
03/11/2010
Free
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Parallels Desktop for Mac 6.0 review
Parallels 6 provides even better performance for running Windows on a Mac.
01/11/2010
£64 inc VAT
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Linux Mint 9 review
Introduce some minty freshness to your PC with the free Linux Mint 9 operating system, a variant of Ubuntu 10.04.
08/10/2010
Free
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