New laptop

2009-11-18 06:24:38

#1

Amdi Peter: peut-être; +111|5808|paris

I'm looking at a laptop made by a company called Medion. Now, I'd don't care that much for who is making it, it has 3 years warranty.

It's a ultra slim laptop.

15,6" TFT-widescreen
Intel Pentium Ultra-low-Voltage processor SU4100 (1,3GHz, 2MB L2-cahce, FSB 800MHz)
ATi Mobility Radeon HD4530 512MB GDDR2
4GB DDR2 RAM
500GB SATA HDD
3 USB ports, 1 eSATA, 1 VGA out, 1 HDMI out, 1 LAN (RJ45), 1 mic in, 1 Line out / S/PDIF (whatever that is)
Cardreader, webcam, various OEM software
Windows 7 Home Premium

It also includes a external DVD/CD burner.

The price is approx. £660.
Is it something I should consider buying?

As for budget, that's about it and I need a laptop I can bring to school.

2009-11-18 06:35:40

#2

TSI: Cholera in the time of love; +247|6241|Toronto

Processor doesn't look fantastic, but what are you using it for?

I like pie.

2009-11-18 06:37:23

#3

Amdi Peter: peut-être; +111|5808|paris

TSI wrote:
Processor doesn't look fantastic, but what are you using it for?

School.
Internet, texting programs, perhaps a program like iTunes.

2009-11-18 06:48:10

#4

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6572

Seems like a very weak processor for that price.

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/ebug122

2009-11-18 06:49:21

#5

lxcpikiman: imbad @ bf2; +70|6855|Toronto-Canada

ebug9 wrote:
Seems like a very weak processor for that price.

I Concur

2009-11-18 07:28:33

#6

Benzin: Member; +576|6258

Processor is a bit weak, but it's for a different platform (ie. not a normal laptop). If you're not going to be doing very much with it, you should honestly be OK so long as it has Windows 7 and not Vista on there.

2009-11-18 08:00:32

#7

Morpheus: This shit still going?; +508|6259|The Mitten

Well, even if it has a three year warranty, I'd still care who makes it... if it's out for servicing for half that, it's no good...

try one of these:
http://www1.euro.dell.com/be/nl/thuis/L … ~ck=anavml

EE (hats

2009-11-18 09:53:33

#8

TSI: Cholera in the time of love; +247|6241|Toronto

You won't need the dedicated graphics nor the 4gb of RAM. Honestly, you can get a much cheaper one with a slightly better processor. Unless you're one of those huge-screen laptop people. In which case you should buy a netbook and monitor.

I like pie.

2009-11-20 06:14:04

#9

Lai: Member; +186|6411

Amdi Peter wrote:
I'm looking at a laptop made by a company called Medion. Now, I'd don't care that much for who is making it, it has 3 years warranty.

It's a ultra slim laptop.

15,6" TFT-widescreen
Intel Pentium Ultra-low-Voltage processor SU4100 (1,3GHz, 2MB L2-cahce, FSB 800MHz)
ATi Mobility Radeon HD4530 512MB GDDR2
4GB DDR2 RAM
500GB SATA HDD
3 USB ports, 1 eSATA, 1 VGA out, 1 HDMI out, 1 LAN (RJ45), 1 mic in, 1 Line out / S/PDIF (whatever that is)
Cardreader, webcam, various OEM software
Windows 7 Home Premium

It also includes a external DVD/CD burner.

The price is approx. £660.
Is it something I should consider buying?

As for budget, that's about it and I need a laptop I can bring to school.

If you'd ask me, I'd say that's horribly overpriced. £660 is about, what, somewhere between 900 and a 1000 euro's?

You can get a Dell with a 256mb Ati Mobility Radeon HD4330, 4GB DDR2 and a T4300 Dual Core for 459,= or with a 512mb Ati Mobility Radeon HD4570 (that's better than the Medion) and other improvements for 529,=. It's only the processor that is less, but I would not want to pay almost 400,= for that. You won't have a gaming monster in any case with that general setup, the GPU will bottleneck you, and you're unlikely to upgrade a laptop later on. If you truly want to spend over 900,= there are much better deals out there.

2009-11-20 12:57:04

#10

Benzin: Member; +576|6258

Lai, what you have to understand is that just because the currency converts to cheaper, doesn't mean it follows where he wants to actually buy it from. I priced out a rig on New Egg and the price in numbers was about the same as here in Austria. The difference? The currency symbol. Taxes and other things. It might be €500 on the mainland, but it's 500 GPB on the island.

2009-11-20 13:25:49

#11

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6048|Catherine Black

Lai wrote:
If you'd ask me, I'd say that's horribly overpriced. £660 is about, what, somewhere between 900 and a 1000 euro's?

http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amoun … 52&y=9

2009-11-20 15:01:28

#12

Lai: Member; +186|6411

Finray wrote:
Lai wrote:
If you'd ask me, I'd say that's horribly overpriced. £660 is about, what, somewhere between 900 and a 1000 euro's?
http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amoun … 52&y=9

Jezus f*cking Christ, what happened to the Pound Sterling?

In any case, 732,79 or 600,= is still overpriced if you'd ask me.

2009-11-20 15:27:43

#13

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6909

Shit me, I'm going to move some Euros over to the UK I think at that rate.

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