Medion Celeron 350 Notebook - was £999 now £399 - Woolies

meerustar

Spotted this in Woolies today and thought it was a bargain. It has been reduced by another £100 from last time I seen it. I'm debating whether to get one or not, and as I'm not that techie, I thought I'd let you all rip it to bit / praise it to the hills.

Heres the spec

Medion Celeron 350 Notebook -

Non Variant

WAS: £999.99

PRICE: £399.99

YOU SAVE: £600.00

Description

A truly portable laptop from Medion, the Celeron 350 Notebook Computer features inbuilt wireless networking allowing you to connect to the internet without cables. With a multi-format DVD re-writer, 1.3 GHz celeron mobile processor, 15.4" widescreen TFT display and Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 it has everything you'd expect from more expensive machines at a market leading price.

Supplied software includes Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2 and much more.





Features

<LI>15.4 TFT anti-glare WXGA widescreen colour display (16:10 screen is perfect for watching DVD Movies)
<LI>Intel Celeron Mobile 350 Processor
<LI>Dual Layer Multi-format DVD Re-Writer
<LI>Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 (up to 128MB shared memory)
<LI>Wireless 802.11 g/b Networking
<LI>40 GB hard disk drive 5400 RPM
<LI>256 MB DDR II RAM superfast memory
<LI>3x USB 2.0 ports and 1 x FireWire (IEEE-1394) port
<LI>16-bit Sound and 2 inbuilt stereo speakers


Technical Specifications



<LI>Intel Celeron M 350 Mobile 1.3 GHz
<LI>256MB DDR II 400MHz RAM, expandable to 2048MB
<LI>15.4" TFT Widescreen Display, 1280x800 resolution
<LI>40GB HDD 5400RPM
<LI>DVD-Writer/-ReWriter
<LI>Read Speed: 8xDVD-ROM, 24xCD-ROM
<LI>Write Speed: 24xCD-R, 4xCD-RW, 10xhigh Speed CD-RW, 8xDVD-R, 2xDVD-R DL, 4xDVD-RW, 8xDVD+R, 2.4xDVD+R DL, 4xDVD+RW
<LI>Graphics Media Accelerator 900, 128MB shared memory
<LI>S-Video TV out
<LI>56 K V90 modem
<LI>54Mbit/s inbuilt wireless networking
<LI>16bit stereo sound
<LI>2hr 15min battery life
<LI>VGA monitor out port
<LI>3 USB 2.0 ports
<LI>1 1394 IEEE Firewire port
<LI>Ethernet LAN port
<LI>PCMCIA type II
<LI>Headphone jack
<LI>Microphone jack
<LI>Kensington lock port

Model Number MD 95564

So what do you think? Bargain or not? Grabbit ot not?

Let me know soon, I have the last of my money here to go and get one, just dont want to do it to find you all think it's bobbins.

Thanks

johndhuk

If that used to cost £999 I will eat my brocolli.

Very good price now, the 1.3Ghz lets it in my opinion. Although widescreen, dvd writer and wireless card will be very hard to find at that price.

chuckles1066

1.3 Celeron running XP on 256mb?

It will be painfully slow, plus the battery life is shocking for such a low-specc'd machine.

The onboard graphics will leech upto another 128mb of your system RAM depending on what you're doing, further slowing everything down.

I'd advise you to steer clear.

showman36

If these were flying out the door I very much doubt that Woolies would have knocked £100 off them

P.S My grandad says he can remember when they were £999!

larmy16

I have this laptop. It cost me the £499. I am not a techie though. Use it for ebay, browsing the web, selling on amazon and I love it. Just my opinion and I wish I had got it for £399! Only thing I can say I have not noticed it being painfully slow atall.

moshchops

Hi all, follow this link for some feedback on this laptop, :hello:

http://www.bargainspy.co.uk/bargain/43823

meerustar

moshchops wrote:

Hi all, follow this link for some feedback on this laptop, :hello:

http://www.bargainspy.co.uk/bargain/43823

Thanks, sounds like those who bought it are pleased with it. I was a bit put off at first but swaying towards buying it again now, lol.

Thanks again!!!

Tom-Tec

Nothing wrong with this lappy m8, I got one for my sis, just fire in some more memory , I stuck in an extra 512MB in her one and it's a great running Lappy for that price. As memory is so cheap these days, try https://www.7dayshop for a quote .

Also I tend to say that Medion's warranty is fare better than some id like to mention out there , our branch of woolies was sold out in a few days with them.

good luck m8

TT

moshchops

Tom-Tec wrote:

Nothing wrong with this lappy m8, I got one for my sis, just fire in some more memory , I stuck in an extra 512MB in her one and it's a great running Lappy for that price. As memory is so cheap these days, try https://www.7dayshop for a quote .

Also I tend to say that Medion's warranty is fare better than some id like to mention out there , our branch of woolies was sold out in a few days with them.

good luck m8

TT

Which memory module did you buy from this site please

meerustar

Another question re: memory

I haven't a clue how to 'add' memory. Do I have to try and do it myself or can I take it to a computer shop and ask them to do it for me?

I'm clueless when it comes to stuff like this ... yet I'm an IT teacher in a Primary School, lol.

moshchops

meerustar wrote:

Another question re: memory

I haven't a clue how to 'add' memory. Do I have to try and do it myself or can I take it to a computer shop and ask them to do it for me?

I'm clueless when it comes to stuff like this ... yet I'm an IT teacher in a Primary School, lol.

It is easy to fit into this laptop, remove the 7 tiny screws underneath, lift the panel and the memory is sitting right at the front.