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What we went looking for was big improvements in PC grunt especially in a traditionally configured workstation that can be used in a business or home office environment.
We took into account cost, performance, and above all, the quality of graphics delivered to a screen.
The workstation we chose was the new Medion Akoya E4360 that comes with the Intel i3 processor. Sold in Aldi stores next Thursday (18 March 2010), this workstation has a recommended retail price of $799.
The E4360 comes with an Intel Core i3-530 processor (running at 2.93Ghz), an Nvidia GeForce GT330 graphics card (768MB dedicated), 1TB of storage, and 4GB of RAM. Like its predecessors, this PC comes with a multitude of ports: eight USB ports (six at the back, two up front), a FireWire, audio line out (front, back, centre, side) jacks, microphone and headphone jacks (up front), an Ethernet port, an e-SATA port, and three memory card reader ports. Medion has also included an ‘extendable' mini USB port found on top of the tower that can be used to connect MP3 players, digital cameras, and external hard drives in an instant.
