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Offline GillE

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« on: November 16, 2009, 23:43 »
Is the Medion which is on sale this Thursday good value?
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Re: Aldi Medion
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2009, 23:48 »
I'm getting a link to Google Mail there, Gill. 
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Re: Aldi Medion
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2009, 23:56 »
Sorry  :blush: .  I think I've corrected the link now.
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« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2009, 00:49 »
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Re: Aldi Medion
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2009, 00:55 »
Unusually for Aldi/Medion this one isnt particularly good value Gill. Its gimmicky with having the touch screen, which some may like, but a lot of people are complaining about the lack of HDMI, as most of the recent Medions have had those.
A lot of people are hoping that they will bring out another PC in time for Xmas. If they follow the pattern of previous releases then they should have a very powerful and well specc'd PC out in a couple of weeks which should be excellent value for money.
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Re: Aldi Medion
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2009, 10:27 »
Thanks for that, Sandra :) .  I'll hold my fire for the time being.

Maurice will be delighted!
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Re: Aldi Medion
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2009, 10:45 »
Well, you've got your lathe.  ;)
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Re: Aldi Medion
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2009, 10:45 »
Also, they've fitted 4GB of RAM but installed a 32-bit OS, so you're paying for unused RAM.
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Re: Aldi Medion
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2009, 11:05 »
Tell me more about the amount of RAM and the type of OS, Rik, if you'd be so kind :) .  What size RAM do you need for a 32-bit OS and what do you need for s 64-bit OS?  Also, isn't it a good idea to have surplus RAM for programs running in the background?
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Re: Aldi Medion
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2009, 11:24 »
The most RAM a 32-bit version of Windows can support, Gill, is a tad over 3GB. The extra address space up to the 4GB which a 32-bit OS can use, is assigned to the graphics card and system (so the more RAM on your graphics card, the less RAM available for use). A 64-bit OS goes up to some huge amount of RAM, which I can't recall off hand, but in the case of Windows, it's limited to 128GB.
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Re: Aldi Medion
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2009, 23:08 »
I do like Medions though... my desktop back in the UK was a great find.. was so pleased I bet the other people to get one.
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Re: Aldi Medion
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2009, 00:26 »
Yes it's very very good value.
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Re: Aldi Medion
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2010, 14:01 »
Does this latest offer seem to be better value?
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Re: Aldi Medion
« Reply #13 on: January 05, 2010, 14:42 »
Mine is a Medion Akoya that was on offer in Tesco, September 2008.  Because it was ex-display (they'd flogged all the rest), I picked it up for £219.  The CPU is an Intel Q6600 Core2 Quad processor and it came with 3GB of (single channel) RAM and a 1TB drive. I wasn't thrilled about the sound, graphics and storage, so I've since added a further 1TB drive, Creative X-Fi Elite Pro sound, Gigabyte GTS250 1GB graphics and recabled throughout.  Also, because it seemed to be struggling a bit after I'd stuffed all that lot up its jumper, I replaced the puny 350W PSU with a Hiper 800W jobbie which seems to be coping very nicely.  Oh yes... and it now has a floppy drive too!

Modifications notwithstanding, I'd say the one I bought was a good, stable, entry-level machine, but do shop around.
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Re: Aldi Medion
« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2010, 15:33 »
That's interesting, Rodders.  I see Tesco has a Medion Akoya which is only £280 although it has a lower specification.
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