Aldi PC opinions please?

Lady_K

Is this good for £399? Its just the base station keyboard and mouse. Is this shared graphics card memory like they have been before from medion as I wanted to avoid that. Any advice would be appreciated

I had to paste this as I couldnt find info on the medion or aldi website yet this was in my email
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor E4300 Dual Core Technology 1.8 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB
High performance dual core processor with ultra silent cooling technology.
What is Intel® Core™ 2 Duo?
The innovative Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processors, based on the Intel® Core™ micro-architecture have been designed for powerful performance and low energy consumption, handling more operations at the same time without compromising on speed. The Intel® Core™ 2 Duo desktop processor increases performance by up to 40% with Windows Vista™, compared with earlier Intel processors2.

Windows Vista™ Home Premium Operating System
Windows Vista™ Home Premium delivers enhanced productivity and entertainment at home and on the go, making it easy to enjoy digital photos, music, TV, games and movies, while providing a whole new level of security and reliability (including improved, customisable parental controls) on your desktop.

Two-in-one TV Tuner
(DVB-T and analogue TV)1

Gigantic S-ATA 320GB Hard Disk
8MB cache, super-fast 7200rpm. Stores up to 75,000 MP3 tracks (4MB) or 75,000 digital photos (4MB) or 225 hours of video (depending on quality of recording).

Huge 2048MB DDR2 memory
Speed rating 533MHz. Massive memory for maximum performance.

NVIDIA® GeForce® 8400GS graphics card with HDMI connection and Microsoft® DirectX 10 support for crystal clear graphics
This NVIDIA® graphics card allows you to enjoy up-to-the-minute gaming software and incredibly detailed multimedia applications in fabulous quality. It guarantees ultra-realistic video displays and makes available the graphics extras offered by the new Windows Vista™ operating system. 128MB DDR2 memory, D-Sub VGA, TV out & HDMI connection.

Multi format CD/DVD Burner
Supports all the usual CD/DVD standards, including dual layer DVD-R, DVD+R and DVD-RAM.

8 Channel High Definition Audio
Enjoy amazing digital 'home cinema' surround sound. Use in conjunction with a suitable speaker set.

Fast Ethernet on board: 10/100 Mbit/s[/FONT]

Conor_3

Nvidia 8400GS isn't an integrated graphics chip and even if it were, it's a bloody good one.

It's good value. TBH, all the Medion ones Aldi sell are.

Lady_K

I just realised if you put your mouse over the blue text in my post it highlights more text about it

CELTIC_YOB

I just might get one of these. My Medion is over three years old now.
I think its a good deal provided it as all the plug in things mine as like card readers firewire usb all in the front.
Ralph.

Lady_K

I'm not sure if its got those things, at the moment its saying coming soon on the Aldi site but its due 2nd Aug so it shouldnt be long before its on the site. Usually they put details on the medion site too but its not on there yet either.

I was just a bit concerned about it being vista seeing as theres still teething problems do you think its better to wait a bit longer when problems are sorted?

Conor_3

Got Vista here and it's working fine. All of my software works apart from a couple of 3 year old games which won't install because the installer doesn't recognise Vista and refuses to continue.

crankup

There is a forum for Aldi/Medion computer bits:-
http://www.medionsupport.com/phpbb2/portal.php

The Medion kit used to be great value. I dont think it is so great now.