Medion Laptops

[teash]

Aldi`s are selling them next week, just curious to know if they seem a decent enough buy spec wise etc
http://www.aldi-stores.co.uk/
Cheers

[Ethel]

The specs look excellent. My five year old Medion desktop is still going strong, never a moments problems with it.

Print the specs off, and see how it compares to laptops of a similar price at ebuyer, pcworld and so on. All information available on line, so should be easy.

[teash]

I knew dame ethel would come through for me LOL
Its pointless me compairing it to other spec models because i`m a total numpty when it comes to anythin computer related.
So it seems like a good buy then?
PS feel free to compare it to ther similar laptops and let me know the outcome :0 ;)

[Ethel]

Teash - I'll have a look tonight or tomorrow and get back to you.

Unless some other kind soul beats me to it. :)

[teash]

Cheers Ethel, i`m not bone idle its just the numbers and spec just goes right over my head ;)

[Ethel]

I have had a good look at the Medion, and the only detail I can't find is the battery life - it may be very poor. If this is not important to you then it doesn't matter.

The specs are good, as I said before and I have had a look at what else is available for around that sort of money and found this Sony Vaio which I think has to be worth the extra �50:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_pag e.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0582035814.1186229232@@ @@&BV_EngineID=ccfladdljdfddelcflgceggdhhmdgmk .0&page=Product&sku=218560&fm=null&sm=null&tm= null&tabIndex=1

Hope I've helped and not confused you. :)

[teash]

Many thanks for taking the trouble to have a search for me Ethel, your a star.
Saw the Sony one advertised on tv today, I know the medion one has a built in webcam but thats neither here nor there to me because i`ve never had the need to have one.
Might pop into pc world tomorrow and have a look at one.

Many thanks

[Ethel]

teash - will you let me know how you get on and what you decide on.

I am sure the sony will have a built in webcam - blerdy things. But at least you can swivel the sony one out of the way so you can't accidentally have it on.

Don't droool too much over the laptops. :)

[Jugglering]

I''ve had a medion (brilliant spec for the price) for two years now with absolutely no problems whatsoever. Battery life on this laptop is about 2 hours. I got it in Staples on line and saved a fortune compared to PC World prices !

[bdol4886346]

I have a medion desktop , brilliant spec for the price.and have never had a problem. I would opt for Aldi every time because they always offer three year guarantee.I imagine this would be well over �100 at PC World.

[wideboy]

You might want to read these first:-

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums/index.cfm?ac tion=showthread&forumid=2&threadid=214790

http://www.hotukdeals.com/forums/showthread.ph p?p=539081

http://www.hotukdeals.com/forums/showthread.ph p?t=65937&highlight=aldi

only thing about the Sony is its poor graphics card - not for games or multimedia - only classed as 'business graphics'.

Aldi used to do this model with Nvidia graphics

http://uk.aldi.com/images/data_product/9609074 57462c89ff5e6fd.pdf

but the present offer only has Intel� Graphics Media Accelerator 950
128MB shared memory based on PCI-Express technology.

http://uk.aldi.com/images/data_product/1064188 60546a5bad308325.pdf

Might be better with the Sony Vaio - but have a look at Acer, Fujitsu-Siemens and even Dell if they have offers on.

A friend of mine has an Aldi Desktop and is very pleased with it.