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lots of good feedback here, and jsut to clear a few things up, the graphics card is not the most important component for me, i believe its a 512mb dedicated ram one, but as long as it plays blurays fine then thats all i'm bothered about. I have a 360 and a PS3 for gaming so have no need to use...

but the R26 just proves the point that you don't have to strip it out completely to get a great car, it has climate, xenons, leather/alcantera seats etc, so it still has all the toys!

they only lsot 20kg for a good reason though, theres not many options on the standard 197 anyway like there was on the 172, it hasn't got xenons, leather and climate etc. SO most of the heavy stuff is already not on there anyway, and you say that most people will add air con on, well thats the...

i agree, its a marketing exercise, but what more could they lose in reality, its lost quite a lot, hasn't got the air conditioning etc. It has driving aids to keep you safe, anyone that drives a car with esp on the road with it turned off is a complete idiot IMO, its there as a safety net and...

why don't they belong though (air con and cruise) as they weren't around in those types of cars back in the 80's/90's, but these things are standard on most cars now so why not include them, a car doesn't have to have a poverty spec just to be a hot hatch, its just that back in the day those...

but whats the true essence of a hotch hatch, a large engine in a small car that handles great and that what we still have today, its jsut the weight has increased and the power to compensate, hot hatches are faster than they used to be and handle better too, people just can't let go of the past...

power is not irrelevant at all, its what makes the hot part, and none of those mentioned had 100bhp or below i don't think? And its all about safety now, but a car can be fun and safe, my car is a 5* safety rating yet I have massive amounts of fun in it, more fun than i did in my 106gti and my...

rubbish, i have more fun in my R26 than i did in my 182, if you know how to use them and drive them properly they areally aren't anywhere near boring or sedate, they are amazing! I've owned a 106gti, a 182 and the r26 is the most fun! I see you removed my bit about safety though, not a...

i really can't believe you think the panda is the closest thing to a hot hatch, thats ridiculous, how can something with 100hp be a hot hatch? warm hatch maybe. there are loads of hot hatches at the moment that are worthy, just because they have got safer, doesn't mean they aren't as much fun...

quite funny, although i completely disagree (obviously), the shape has not aged, its a great looking car! As for not much faster than a 197, depends on the track, short tight and twisty maybe, but a long sweeping track such as spa shows how much advantage it has, oh and lets not compare an...

I have the money for a house now, thats not a problem, just need to find one, i've joined the cliosport 50k a year club! As for HP, thats my bread and butter and for business machines they are good but they dont do one high spec enough for me.

i need a desktop replacement, already have an 11" ;) and a 15" for work (HP 6710p) so this is my 24x7 on laptop instead of a desktop. I have always had sony (apart from my first laptop which was a pico) and I can't really fault them, they offer the best spec and quality IMO unless people have...

I am looking to replace my A217 Sony 17" workhorse laptop. I used it constantly for about 2-2 1/2 years now so it has been battered. Its a pretty good spec at 2ghz (only single core though), 1gb ram, 100gb hdd, 256mb graphics card (think its 128mb dedicated) and something you can't beat with...

we use sage saleslogix too, another option is microsoft Dynamics CRM which we also use, depends what you want it for tbh, different ones are better at different things.

when i moved from 182 to r26 it cost me £10 more in insurance, so it can't be THAT much more expensive for a 23yr old, its only 1 group higher i think.

LOL @ widescreen borders, I love it when I see this written on forums, people complaining about the black borders, like it is something new, its been around since DVD first came about, people have 16:9 tv's and most films are filmed in 2.35:1, half the films i own are 2.35:1 (giving the borders...

surfs up on bluray is absolutely amazing, one of the best pictures i have ever seen on any format!

just put your hand in your pocket, its worth it!

i know what you mean with the limiter, it took me a while to get used to it but now I am, and I still get a kick, its just a lot lower down now, after driving a clio for so long i had to get used to the turbo and lower limiter, but its not that much lower i've now noticed, it is a different...

i'll let you have the looks department, i've always said, if they put the megane engine in the clio i would have gone down that route, i just love the engine in the megane, its special. I prefer the look of the clio though, especially the R27, love that. RE: house, watch this space;)

wow, how defensive. I've driven an R27 around spa so I think I know whats good or bad about its performance thanks. I also drove it back to back with a megane R26 so I know that the R26 easily feels and is faster Lee, don't place me with the people that haven't driven them, the R27 is as near...

but Lee, we don't have to have driven the cup to know it feels slow for a car of its stats. ALso, we don't have to have driven it to know that a car in this day and age should come with aircon, i wonder how many they will sell without the aircon option! I don't think anyone doubts its...

i use my ps3 on a 32" samsung 720p screen and at christmas I took it home and used it on my dads 37" 1080p tv and the difference was noticeable for me, also was round at a mates house and was playing COD4 on a 42" 1080p screen and that was also noticeably better. Its best to see what the...

it can get them there better, as long as all the 1's and 0's reach their destination the picture won't be any worse but its just that, if some of them don't then thats when you get pixelation like when the picture breaks up slightly on freeview. More expensive cables use better components and...

revels, you can't decide you don't fancy HD from watching a crappy movie on xbox live. A normaly DVD is 8.5gb, so how could a 5.5 gb movie be as good as a 20gb version in HD. Just because the resolution is 720p, the encoding and bit rate may be s**t. Plus oceans 13 is not the pinnacle of HD...

its only bloody £5! the least you could do it pay a small amount towards your illegal downloading!

i don't think anyone ever considers residuals when they buy a renaultsport (except deluded trophy owners that think there car will extra special), the megane is going to lose more because it costs more in the first place, but i'd say no more % than a clio.

from experience, the ass is going to take a hell of a lot of cleaning as it is going to be constantly dirty, like a dirt magnet!

i have the WD elements 500gb one and it seems fine. I prefer USB2 as I sometime have a problem with my DVDRW being detected withfirewire whereas USB2 never lets me and down and is faster anyway. I'm looking to get one of the WD passport disks, they go up to 320gb now and are usb powered, so...

an interesting point about LTO4. Tape has actually got to such a speed now that the systems feeding it the data simply cannot keep up. The way LTO works it needs to be kept streaming to get its speed, and if the system stops sending it data it needs to stop, rewind, then carry on again, and...