Medion Multimedia Widescreen Notebook - £499.99

dudleyboy

Apologies for cross posting but I wondered whether the technical guys had any advice on this. It looks like an excellent package but is it worth the money??

Originally posted here:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=3458438

Cheers,

Dud

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Hi, does anyone know whether this is good value for money:

Medion MD 97900 Multimedia Widescreen Notebook - £499.99

http://www.aldi-stores.co.uk/sunday_special_buys/sunday_special_buys_pid_44839.html

http://www.aldi-stores.co.uk/images/data_product/1752040374454f28593b5c8.pdf (PDF)

• Intel® Core™ Solo T1300 1.66GHz Processor
• 15.4" TFT Wide-XGA Display
• Huge 80GB Hard Disk
• 1024MB DDRII SDRAM
• DVD-Writer/-ReWriter with both Dual Layer standards
• Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
• Component Video-out for connection to a HDTV
• Intel® PRO Wireless 3945 – Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g
• 6 Channel Audio Out (analogue + S/P-DIF)
• 4-in-1 Memory Card Reader
• Multifunction Touchpad
• 2 Multimedia Speakers

It looks like an excellent package. Many thanks.

dudleyboy

bump... (any advice greatly appreciated)

jamstaruk

could someone tell me a bit about the graphics in this medion could it handle the latest games??/

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jamstaruk wrote:

could someone tell me a bit about the graphics in this medion could it handle the latest games??/

It has shared graphics so probably not. Normally you need a dedicated graphics card. You might be able to play some at a lower resolution with lower detail.

jamstaruk

thanks mate could you recomend a res. priced laptop that could handle latest games???

HappyIdiotTalk

jamstaruk wrote:

thanks mate could you recomend a res. priced laptop that could handle latest games???

Cant vouch for this myself, but:

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/email/shopper/labs/92306/pc-nextday-zoostorm-26301-advanced.html

woo

don't think there is such a thing as a reasonable priced (4-600) laptop for game playing. I would say you'd be looking for a grand upwards

HappyIdiotTalk

woo wrote:

don't think there is such a thing as a reasonable priced (4-600) laptop for game playing. I would say you'd be looking for a grand upwards

Me, too. You really are asking a lot for a budget laptop. You might be better off getting a desktop if portability isn't an issue.

jamstaruk

cheers guys space doesnt permit for a desktop now i had a beast of a machine that i built myself but sold it as i needed the space unfortunatly laptops arnt easily built :-(