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"Aldi Turns Blu With Medion Offering"
By Mendelson Tiu | Published:12/11/2008
Users who want to watch high definition movies while on the go should go to their nearest Aldi store in the next couple of weeks. This supermarket chain is about to offer a Blu-ray notebook that not only has noteworthy specifications, but also sports a price tag that is hard to beat. The Smarthouse Team takes a look at the MD97310 from Medion... 
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The Medion MD97310 sports the same piano black exterior (still prone to fingerprints), keyboard layout, and brushed aluminium interior as the MD96940 (to hyperlink) we reviewed in April, although this 17-incher is packed with better specifications. The MD97310 uses an Intel Core 2 duo T5800 processor running at 2.0Ghz, has 4GB of RAM, and uses Nvidia's GeForce 8600M GS graphics card with 512MB GDDR2 memory. It also comes with a 320GB hard drive (Partitioned to Boot (271GB) and Recover (26GB)) for storing games, music, movies, and important documents. The unit has an abundance of ports. The notebook comes with a 4-in-1 card reader, three different input and output jacks (microphone, headphone, and S/PDIF), an ExpressCard slot, an Ethernet port, a DVI-out port, an HDMI-out port, and four USB ports for optimum connectivity. The unit also has draft-N Wi-Fi built-in, giving users fast wireless connection anytime. The unit also comes with BD drive that plays Blu-ray discs, but more on that later. |
 
By Grant |
Terrible!
Pros: none
Cons: everything
Worst computer ever made. It may be cheap but it breaks and they are terrible with the warranty! |
By andrew |
rubbish
Pros: bluray hdmi
Cons: doesn't work
well this laptop lasted 5 days, it's been on maybe for 2 hours all up and now it doesn't switch on at all. i paid $1299 (22/1/09 special from Aldi) but i regret it.
i was nearly happy with Vista (it's rubbish) and was going to put up with it after turning all the blingbling but now it just doesn't boot.
lucky they have a 60day satisfaction guarantee. i'm not satisfied.
stay away from this one |
By Chris |
Great machine
Pros: memory, cpu power, screen size, great keyboard.
Cons: no rJ11 port
Everything worked straight out of the box, connected within minutes to wireless router and ADSL via ethernet.
Not a big fan of VISTA but with the fast dual core cpu and 4gig of fast RAM, VISTA runs smoothly.
Ran Ubuntu 8.10 from the CD without installing, most apps available with no tweaking.
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By madas |
Don't buy it.
Pros: Pretty well nothing.
Cons: All of this garbage.
Pure garbage. Medion doen't make them any more and so Aldi doesn't stock them any more. This should be rated R - R for RUBBISH. 0/5.
Get a good laptop like ASUS. At least they know how to make quality IT goods. |
By John |
Value +
Pros: great features and spec
Cons: does get a bit warm, but so did my HP
I don't know what the other people are on about who have been unhappy with this system. it is far better spec than anything else from the 'name brand' producers and I have had no probs with any of the functionality or vista. a good value product. anyway, if you're really inhappy, aldi have got that 60 day no questions guarantee. I know that the major retailers certainly don't back their products the same and I actually question if the negative reviewers even have one of these. |
By Rnhad |
not recomended
Pros:
Cons: Heat up so quickly
It is not build to last more than 6 months
Warranty service is extremely bad
Overall, it is not worth the money spent
Keyboards starts falling off after less than 7 months
Display start playing after less than 6 months
The charger overheated and melts
Heat up so quickly
It is not build to last more than 6 months
Warranty service is extremely bad
Overall, it is not worth the money spent
Keyboards starts falling off after less than 7 months
Display start playing after less than 6 months
The charger overheated and melts |
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