Operating systems reviews
The latest Operating systems reviews at PC Advisor. Operating systems user reviews, ratings, buying advice and price comparison
- Microsoft (27 reviews)
- Apple (24 reviews)
- Canonical (12 reviews)
- Parallels (11 reviews)
- Google (6 reviews)
- Vmware (6 reviews)
- Blackberry (3 reviews)
- Linux (3 reviews)
- Rim (3 reviews)
- Community (2 reviews)
- Hat (2 reviews)
- Mint (2 reviews)
- Red (2 reviews)
- Xandros (2 reviews)
- 360 (1 reviews)
- Codeweavers (1 reviews)
- Codyssey (1 reviews)
- Crunchbang (1 reviews)
- Desktop (1 reviews)
- Fedora (1 reviews)
- Fedorared (1 reviews)
- Foundation (1 reviews)
- Freenas (1 reviews)
- Gnome (1 reviews)
- Inter (1 reviews)
- Internet (1 reviews)
- Is (1 reviews)
- Jolicloud (1 reviews)
- Linspire (1 reviews)
- Linuxliveusb (1 reviews)
- Meego (1 reviews)
- Microsystems (1 reviews)
- Moblin (1 reviews)
- Mozilla (1 reviews)
- My (1 reviews)
- Net (1 reviews)
- Novell (1 reviews)
- Opensuse (1 reviews)
- Peppermint (1 reviews)
- Project (1 reviews)
- Sun (1 reviews)
- Team (1 reviews)
- This (1 reviews)
- Ubuntu (1 reviews)
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Apple Tiger OS X 10.4 review
Contrary to what Mac cynics might say, the upgrades in Apple's latest operating system, Mac OS X Version 10.4, also known as Tiger, are not just cosmetic. New…
13/09/2005
£89 inc VAT
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Linspire Five-0 Beta
You might not have heard of Linspire Linux before; that's because this is the first version that has gone under this name. After a legal wrangle with Microsoft,…
19/10/2005
£50 inc VAT
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Windows XP Professional X64 Edition
Cast your mind back to September 03 and you might remember AMD's shock announcement that it thought we were all ready for 64bit computing. AMD put its money where its…
20/10/2005
£99 inc VAT
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Microsoft Windows 7 Security Edition review
We take a first look at the Release Candidate for Windows 7 Security Edition. Where other versions have promised enhanced security, this version could even deliver.
01/04/2006
Free
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Windows Vista: the new interface
The moment Windows Vista starts, some of its biggest changes are in plain view: the new interface is distinctive and eye-catching. Colours are subtler and the overall…
11/01/2007
£99 inc VAT
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Windows Vista: Security Center
Following years of criticism about Windows security, Microsoft had promised that Vista would be the most secure OS it had produced. This goal seems to have been met –…
11/01/2007
£99 inc VAT
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Windows Vista: search and networking
Search is one of Windows Vista's greatest strengths. Finding files using a built-in Windows tool has never been so simple. You'll be constantly using search in…
11/01/2007
£99 inc VAT
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Windows Vista: bundled applications
Simply opening and closing windows and tweaking your system gets dull after a while. Windows Vista includes far more built-in applications than Windows XP while…
11/01/2007
£99 inc VAT
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Microsoft Windows Vista review
Windows Vista finally launches on 30 January – and we've got a comprehensive review to help you decide whether to upgrade.
30/01/2007
£99 inc VAT
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Windows Vista Business Edition review
With the Business Edition of Windows Vista, you lose the natty multimedia tools of Home Premium but gain solid business-oriented capabilities such as some better…
14/02/2007
£99 inc VAT
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Parallels Desktop for Mac 2.5 part II
Parallels Desktop for Mac is the best tool on the market for running Windows on any Intel-based Macintosh. Windows users are not going to believe us, but it's true.
02/04/2007
£58 inc VAT
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Parallels Desktop for Mac 2.5
Parallels Desktop for Mac is the best tool on the market for running Windows on any Intel-based Macintosh. Windows users are not going to believe us, but it's true.
11/04/2007
£58 inc VAT
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Ubuntu Linux 7.04 "Feisty Fawn"
Ubuntu Linux has been one of our favourite products for two years running. Why? It's completely free, it installs easily from one downloadable CD, and it focuses on…
18/06/2007
Free
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Preview: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
More details have emerged about Mac OS X 10.5, the next major update to the Mac operating system that Apple has dubbed "Leopard".
21/06/2007
£85 inc VAT
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Fedora 7.0 Linux distribution
Fedora 7.0 is the latest community-based Linux release from Red Hat. Fedora and Novell's OpenSuse are Ubuntu Linux's two chief "competitors".
02/07/2007
Free
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Parallels Desktop for Mac 3.0
Parallels Desktop for Mac 3.0 virtualisation software lets you run Windows XP and Vista on an Intel-based Mac.
25/07/2007
£44 inc VAT
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Fusion 1.0 dual-boot software for Mac
You may need (or want) to run Windows, or other operating systems, alongside your Apple Mac's Mac OS X, and Parallels Desktop is the best-known of several programs on…
10/10/2007
£49 inc VAT
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Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Spotlight
Mac users upgrading to Leopard will find a different Spotlight waiting for them.
25/10/2007
£85 inc VAT
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Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Safari 3.0
When Apple introduces a Mac new OS X, it often takes the opportunity to freshen up existing applications, adding capabilities or improving the way things get done.
26/10/2007
£85 inc VAT
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Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Automator 2.0
There's more to major OS X updates than introducing entirely new features such as Time Machine. Apple also takes the opportunity to freshen up existing applications,…
26/10/2007
£85 inc VAT

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