Medion or Dell - what's your view? tx

Angua2

Hiyas.

I MUST (lol!) replace my antediluvian desktop...

Been reading.... PC pro (uk) rates Medion ("DESKTOP PCs / WINNER - MEDION / Scoring six out of six on all star ratings requires an impressive effort. Reliable and well supported machines at a decent price - 87.6% would buy another Medion PC. / HIGHLY COMMENDED - ACER, DELL")

I've had good luck & good service with Dell....

I'd very much appreciate thoughts on best current bargains with best config (need fast machine that can deal with heavy internet & photo/design usage, but not fussed about gaming... I research, write, DTP and am getting into website design and using SWISH to make educational "movies" to teach Spanish at my son's primary....)

Thank you! :beer:

motorguy

Whats your budget, and what size of screen do you need?

Angua2

Hiya, Paul

Budget : under 1k
Screen - min. 17" (have 19" here - & its drivers/software - so not too fussed and will invest in bigger screen later when poss...

Thank you!

motorguy

The worlds your lobster with that budget!

Check out www.dmxdimension.com as they have the links to the latest Dell deals.

also go to https://www.hotukdeals.com - down the right hand side plug in Dell in the search box and see what the latest deals are.

Also, if you do purchase dell, use quidco - www.quidco.com - to get a further cashback.

Have a root around on those two sites and see what might suit, if you run that past some of the people on here, then we can advise if you should maybe tweak the ram or disk size or if theres a better machine elsewhere.

Angua2

Hiya, Paul -

Again, thank you! You're a star. Think I'll be owing you a bang-up seafood supper after this <gg>


HotUKDeals lists:

1. Dell Inspiron 530 desktop base unit. Quad core 2.4Ghz, 2gig, 320Gb, 128 meg Graphics, £429 delivered

AND

2. Dell Vostro 200 Desktop PC with 22"TFT, 2.2Ghz C2D, 2gig, 500Gb, dvdrw. £387 delivered


I know the Inspiron line of Dell products, but not the Vostro...

Also, re: Medion MT 487 G [PC Pro]:

PRICE: £493 (£579 inc VAT)

SPECIFICATIONS:
2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
2GB 667MHz DDR2 RAM
MSI MS-7358 motherboard
2 x 500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 hard disks (RAID0)
LG GSA -H44N DVD writer
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 256MB graphics
S-Video, HDMI, DVI-I out
Medion CT X948 Hybrid TV tuner
7.1-channel Realtek High Definition integrated audio
gigabit ethernet
Windows Vista Home Premium
1yr C&R warranty