Advantages: includes hazzard perception videos and monitors progress over time
Disadvantages: You have to run it from the cd

...This is a really good practice cd rom. You can do mock theory tests and mock hazzard perception tests plus it has all the theory eg highway code etc that you need. The clever thing with this cd rom is that it works out what areas you are weak on and can give you more of those specific questions. Plus it does various graphs of how youre doing over time and what you need to work on. An excellent cd rom which gives lots of tips and has lots of videos to help you along the way. Very easy to use and you can even download podcasts to your mp3 player to learn as you go. Highly recommneded and a bagain as well.... Read review

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Advantages: Aztech and Delta drives, as an example, are much cheaper than bigger names
Disadvantages: If you buy cheaper CD ROM drives expect lower performance

...I have mixed feelings about Aztech CD-ROM Drives – and other cheap makes. Everything seemed fine until the speed's started to increase to 24x and beyond. I was used to slower drives and wonder quite why anyone would need a CD-ROM to go so fast – but who am I to know? I have never had any problems with CD-ROM running at around 10 to 16 speed. Anyway, I found on a 32x Aztech drive that it couldn’t get up to full speed without cutting off before it could read data. It was a never-ending loop of stopping and starting, making installation of any program a long drawn out affair. Eventually I had the unit replaced with a Delta CD ROM. It’s better, but still seems to suffer from its high speed at times. I would recommend, and it’s only my opinion, that you spend a bit more and purchase a Yamaha, Philips, Teac or any other well-known brand... Read review

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Advantages: Easy and simple to understand questions
Disadvantages: None

...An exciting CD ROM with many questions to test YOUR knowledge of key stage 3, Maths, Science and English. This makes Key stage 3 revision a whole easier and enjoyable to do. Using interesting pictures and easy to understand questions to answer as well as clear and concisely spoken audio clips in the English version imparticular. The maths CD ROM test the students knowledge of shape, space and measures, number and algebra and finally Data handling as well as other key aspects of the National curriculum required to be understood by every pupil/student at the end of Year 9 (although in most grammar schools, most exams are taken in Year 8 to motivate children, push them that extra bit further as well as letting them see how they are progressing before taking the real National Level exam at the end of Year 9). Throughout the period... Read review

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Advantages: Very informative and easy to navigate
Disadvantages: None

...Ever wanted to look into your body? Well look no further, the Human Body explorer is the C.D. for you. Meet bones a fictional character consisting of just a skeleton and organs (no skin) so children can easily learn where the different organs and bones are located in the body. Bones guides children throughout the C.D. Rom and helps thm understand the many different functions and parts of the body. He stars in many games such as Build a body and The Human body quiz. Bones all is the key character of "Make me survive a normal day." A game that lets children control what Bones body does throughout the day. The CD ROM contains loads of different sections to help inform children about the different parts to the body. Children can easily discover through investigations as well. This CD ROM lets them participate in easy ones. Some on the CD... Read review

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Advantages: excellent music
Disadvantages: none

...i bought the first five album back in 97 and i thought it was great, it never came off my sterio. when the new one came out loads of people said they found it really good, so i thought i would invest. you get all the tracks that have been released aswell as some really cool ones, my favourite being 'two sides of the story' and 'battlestar'. the cd is very groovin and it really lifts up you r spirits. if you put the cd into your cd rom, you can find cool videos and exclusive stuff. well worth buying. definatley 10 out of 10 from me. for everyone who likes five, pop, rock or any sort of music, this cd is for you - its fab!... Read review

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Advantages: Combo drive
Disadvantages: slighly slow CD burn rate compared to others

...I got this drive to eliminate the need for having separate DVD and CDRW drives when I was building a PC for someone. The drive is IDE and lives quite happily on your secondary channel as a master - this is the recommended option to eliminate CD writing failures and DVD playback artifacts. The drive comes complete with CD burning software in the shape of Nero Burning ROM V4, as opposed to the usual suspects of Adaptec Easy CD Creator or CeQuadrat Win On CD. This does not mean that the software is not up to par - far from it! NBR4 can do everything the competition can and more, such as overburning media and bootable CDs. The main reason for this is the DVD read capability. Although the 4x read is somehat behind what most dedicated DVD drives offer nowadays, in reality you only need 1x DVD read to view a movie. Let's face facts - how... Read review

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Advantages: Reads many formats, cheap
Disadvantages: TOO FAST!

...days ago. It's a 52x CD ROm, and is pretty fast. The reason I got this, was because my previous one could not read many formats or types of CD ROMs. Now this AOpen 52x IDE CD ROM is perfect. It reads every thing. Including CD-RW! It is fairly silent running. It came at a very affordable price, and at great speeds. 7800k/s. Which is quite fast. I am pleased with this buy, and well what more can I say? That's probably as good as a CD-ROM can get nowadays! The only thing this CD ROM doesn't do, is write CDs, or play DVDs, which can be done with other drives that come at a higher price.... Read review

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Advantages: brilliant insight into the tests
Disadvantages: shows you just how hard the tests are!

...im a single mum of three, who desperatly needs to get a driving license! everyone has always said "how hard" the test can be, i always remember thinking "what 35 questions!!". i brought this cd rom in asda for £7.97, and i am so glad that i did! the cd rom has got every single test question thats in circulation at the moment (over 1000). it also has the new hazard perception cd rom, which means watching short clips of cars driving and spotting the hazards ( which may i add,i am not very good at all! ). you can print out tests, take tests, take certain subjects out of the tests. the tests even get marked, which is great, it tells you what your good at and what your not. so then you know what you need to brush up on the most. i think this is a brilliant way of learning, im so glad i brought it, this was the first cd rom i brought, i... Read review

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Advantages: comes with access to online content, lots of colourful diagrams and flow charts
Disadvantages: weighs a tonne

...I bought Principles of Anatomy and Physiology for university last year. The book cost £25.00 for the hard back and came with a CD ROM and access to the eGrade Plus website. The book itself is well written, clear and concise. Like all medical texts it requires a good knowledge of biology and biochemistry to fully appreciate though there are excellent diagrams and flow charts for those who are still getting to grips with the subject. It is easy to find what you need in the book as chaptesr are laid out according to body system starting with the structure and function of the system and then going into more detail on more specific aspects of anatomy and physiology. The CD ROM that came with the book was brilliant and contained interactive quizes, more diagrams and a game where you can play surgeon. The Web content is much the same... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to use, actually looks like the real thing
Disadvantages: TIme consuming and not much fun

...Currently I am a student so I am more than comfortable with taking exams, in the past four years I've taken, literally 40 exams for one thing and another, but the most nerve wracking by far was my theory test. I found the idea of a CD to teach me everything I needed to know I found really appealing, whats more it only cost me £10 from Woolworth's so I hadn't got a lot to loose, and I was not disappointed at all, I passed my theory first time with 100% on the theory and 84% on the Hazard Perception. The biggest advantage that the CD ROM had was it was exactly like the actual test even down to things like the font and text colours, and when I saw the real thing it did look really familiar, however in replicating the real test it did make it seem quite cold and uninviting. After doing three of these tests in a row you really want... Read review

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