New Aldi Medion PC on sale on May 23rd

sondheimsoc

Please could anyone give their opinions oin this new Medion Akoya PC that Aldi will be selling on Sunday? Ity costs £599.99
(Text reads like a translation from the German!!)
Thanks
Lynne

Configuration
Call me the computer, that turns your PC applications into an unforgettable experience!
The finger tip selection of applications is childs play...
Text input via handwriting...
or using the keyboard all by hand.

Operating system
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium - Windows® 7 simplifies and speeds up those things that you do every day.

Processor
Intel® Pentium® Processor T4500
(2.30 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB)

Multi-touch full HD screen
Welcome to the world at your fingertips: Simple and convenient fingertip control of all functions.

1 TB (1000 GB) hard disk
Massive 1000 GB hard drive for more than 200,000 music tracks/photos or 600 hours of TV recordings.1

Large 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM
Open several applications at the same time and switch from one program to another without waiting - 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM working memory.2

Fantastic graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9100 MG DirectX® 10 graphics.

Unique design
The clear form, the black high-gloss design and the 21.5 widescreen display mean that it fits perfectly into every surrounding and make it a real eye catcher.

All-In-One A true all-rounder
Thats the concept behind the MEDION AKOYA P4020 D (MD 8870). From a computer to a television, a DVD player through to a music system - this All-In-One PC combines everything for the digital lifestyle of the future.

Clever mounting options
The MEDION® AKOYA® P4020 D (MD 8870) fits in well in any environment e.g. in the kitchen, living room or bedroom. And thanks to the clever mounting options for a VESA wall mounting3 system you can hang it on the wall very easily.

Numerous connection options:

4-in-1 multi-card reader for SD, MMC, MS & MS Pro memory cards4
2x PS/2
7x USB 2.0
1x LAN (RJ45)

Audio:
6-channel analogue audio5
1x Microphone in5
1x Audio Line out5
1x Audio Line in5
1x S/PDIF out (coaxial)

Or entertainer that can be controlled with one finger.
Manage and process photographs, create slide shows...
Set up CD and MP3 music libraries and play lists...
Multimedia enjoyment using the TV tuner, hard disk or DVD - all operated using the touch screen.

Multimedia keys

MEDION® Comfort Light
for a relaxed operating experience and 7 different colour settings.

Brilliant film and television enjoyment
21.5" TFT widescreen display in 16:9 wide-screen format with full HD resolution (1920 x 1080 Pixel)

Watch TV via DVB-T/analogue TV tuner
Depending on the region, you can receive numerous channels with the DVB-T/analogue TV tuner.

Hard disk recorder with TimeShift function
The integrated hard disk recorder allows you to decide what to watch and when to watch television programmes.

Remote control
The remote control not only allows you to control the volume but also programmes like Windows® Media Center - all from the comfort of your sofa.

John_Gray

You might like to look at this thread on the Medion forums. The participants don't seem wildly enthusiastic.

If you actually want one, be in the queue half an hour before the store opens. They sometimes have very few available, perhaps half a dozen, and there are usually more people than that who want one, whatever it is!

Little_Miss_Uni-Debt

4Gb ram, 1000Gb HDD not bad!!! The processor is new, released this year. It's an entry level speed processor which would be sufficient for the usual surfing, editing photos, casual gaming, usual Word processing etc.

It's by no means a super speedy computer but fine for general use! This processor is used in laptops/notebooks a lot.

Still £600 is a lot to spend on a computer (In my opinion)

Aldi's deals are normally pretty good though!

tronator

lynnechapman wrote: »

Please could anyone give their opinions oin this new Medion Akoya PC that Aldi will be selling on Sunday? Ity costs £599.99

Without looking at the configuration, these ALDI and LIDL PCs are usually good value for the specs. At least it has been in the past.

But the specs are in most cases to good for what the average person needs. It all depends on what you want to use it for. If you just want to use Internet, email, documents and so on the £600 would be too much.

Reading the first lines of the specs, who needs really a touch screen on their PC? If you're using it as a TV, then you sit too far away from it. If you're using it as a PC then you sit too close to it.

Don't get me wrong, I own a touch screen mobile phone and a touch screen might also make sense for presentations or so. But I can't see the use at home. You will use it the first few days and then you will realize that you're better off with keyboard/mouse or the remote control.

Edit: It also doesn't say whether the TV card is HD or not.

just my £0.02

sondheimsoc

Thanks everyone, I did wonder whether I would get on with a touch screen, never heard of them before seeing this advert.
My current PC is an Aldi Medion from a couple of years ago and it's so slow now that I can make a three course meal sometimes whilst it's opening files (especially Outlook Express which keeps crashing). OK, a slight exaggeration but it is driving me mad and I wondered about replacing it. I like the streamlined bit of having it as an all in one, bit like my daughter's Mac that she raves about.
Lynne

moonrakerz

I am in my umpteenth year with my Medion. Have put in more RAM and stand alone graphics card (for larger monitor), it now has two internal HDDs and two external (for all my photos).

Every so often I give it a good clean out - physically and metaphorically. WHEN I need a new machine would certainly consider Medion again.

Just_landed

Check out the Argus catalogue, there are two Medion PC's in there I am typing on one now prices seem very competitive to what you say.

Owain_Moneysaver

lynnechapman wrote: »

... I can make a three course meal sometimes whilst it's opening files (especially Outlook Express which keeps crashing).

BTDT etc. Compact your mailbox files (the Help will tell you where that is, probably somewhere under Tools), then install Thunderbird and tell it to import OE mailbox and windows address book (WAB).

sondheimsoc

Thanks Owain. With OE I have separate identites, can I do that in Thunderbird? I never swapped to Outlook as I couldn't do it in that.
Lynne

JasX

lynnechapman wrote: »

Processor
Intel® Pentium® Processor T4500
(2.30 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB)


Fantastic graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9100 MG DirectX® 10 graphics.

It may be a Q1 this year released processor but on performance benchmarks its well behind running not much better than the T7400 I picked up in 2006/2007, the new i3 - i5 processors are a good 100% / twice as powerful as it.

The 9100 MG graphics appears to be an onboard 'shared' graphics chipset not separate card too, i'm highly un-enthused by this one you'd easily get a more powerful 'conventional' desktop (or even laptop) for the money, behing an odd 'built into the display' type it'll probably be a nightmare to upgrade in any way (if possible at all)

Seems built around its touch screen gimmick and putting a hefty premium on it to boot.

Basil1234

got to agree with jasx here for that sort of money the graphics are the biggest let down.
http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/geforce_9100m_g_mgpu_uk.html