Another aldi laptop

higster

http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/special_buys3_13683.htm?WT.mc_id=2010-08-06-11-41

Am looking around for a new laptop. Not very good on amd CPUs or graphics. I'm presuming it's comparable to a core duo.

Any opinions on this one?

Da GOAT

dunno seems okay but u can def get a better brand at that price.

higster

Brand not too worried about. Can get better spec and sameish price?

aperture_nuig

Somebody else asked me about this laptop, I told them it was great, good spec. Cant complain about the 3 year warranty from aldi either!

MidlandsM

Nice waranty........but are Aldi good at standing over said warranty?

the_syco

Da GOAT wrote: »

better brand at that price.

Medion is not a bad brand.

Checked Elara, and came up with 2 that were of the same spec and cheaper. There was one thing I noticed different, though, and that was that they had a "ATI Radeon HD 3200" instead of a HD 5470.

Komplett had a few under that price with a HD 4330.

MidlandsM wrote: »

Nice waranty........but are Aldi good at standing over said warranty?

They're meant to be good. Medion are meant to be very good (have bought Medion stuff, and never got any hassle).

evolutionqy7

medion is not a bad brand...ok their styling might be something to argue about but they deliver top end product at a cheaper price than any other OEM...

if u look at their newspapers they tell you what parts are inside and their all by respected manufacturers.

even microsoft sticks a few medions on presentations when their presenting new products and pcs

duckysauce

aperture_nuig wrote: »

Somebody else asked me about this laptop, I told them it was great, good spec. Cant complain about the 3 year warranty from aldi either!

the unit gets shipped off somewhere to get fixed so you will be missing laptop for one - two weeks which is not good

evolutionqy7

well tbh i bought 3 laptops from one shop in 3 years...if ever need to replace a part it was sent of to the manufacturer anyway...so whats the diff?

duckysauce

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

well tbh i bought 3 laptops from one shop in 3 years...if ever need to replace a part it was sent of to the manufacturer anyway...so whats the diff?

you buy one where they come out to you to service it, thats the diff

evolutionqy7

no i brought it down to him and he sent it off to acer care centre for several weeks

I-Shot-Jr

duckysauce wrote: »

you buy one where they come out to you to service it, thats the diff

Most laptops have to be sent away for repair I would have thought, where the hell can you get a laptop and have someone come out to repair it if you have an issue? If its true I'm definitely going to by my next computer from them!

philc

I-Shot-Jr wrote: »

Most laptops have to be sent away for repair I would have thought, where the hell can you get a laptop and have someone come out to repair it if you have an issue? If its true I'm definitely going to by my next computer from them!

Dell provide this on their upgraded warranty, dont they?

duckysauce

yeah dell do, and fujitsu siemens used to dont know it they do any more

the_syco

duckysauce wrote: »

the unit gets shipped off somewhere to get fixed so you will be missing laptop for one - two weeks which is not good

Two weeks isn't bad.

philc wrote: »

Dell provide this on their upgraded warranty, dont they?

You'd be surprised at how many people want the cheapest laptop. Sure, if you want to spend more, you could get someone to come out the next day and fix it, but it'll cost you.

duckysauce

the_syco wrote: »

Two weeks isn't bad.


You'd be surprised at how many people want the cheapest laptop. Sure, if you want to spend more, you could get someone to come out the next day and fix it, but it'll cost you.

i personally could not do without a laptop for two weeks, know its sad but eh ,

evolutionqy7

thats why i got a Desktop to back it up a decent smarthphone does the job too