ALDI laptops Back Next Week

Sleepy

I haven't got the full details but my Mum was in there this morning and found out they're coming next week. The specs she took down were as follows:

Dvd burner 8XDVD r/rw double layer.
5.4 WXGA screen 16.10 widescreen
1024 MB DDR2 Ram 533mhz
Speed 1.73GHz with 128 MB DDR3 PCI Express

for €1500

cosgrove80

Newsltter will be out by the time I type this but:

Intel Centrino Mobile Technonlogy
Pentium M Processor 740 1.73GHz
NVidida Geforce Go 6600 128mb DDR3 PCi Express
15.4" WXGA Display
DVD Burner 8x +- Dual Layer
1024 MB DDR2 RAM 533MHz
Seagate 100GB HD
Analogue Stereo TV
Intel PRO wireless LAN
5 in 1 card reader
Bluetooth adaptor (USB)
4 x USB 2 1x Firewire
Battery up to 4 Hours

€1499.99

They also have an EXternal 250GB hardrive with built in 6 in 1 card reader €150 (sosen't mention brand but it's Gericom)

Wireless LAN router. INcludes WLAN USB adaptor €109.99

Bluetooth USB adaptor. 10m USB2 €19.99

They also have a laptop light, remote control and mouse.

Sleepy

Seems like a pretty good price to me for that level of specs in a laptop.

case_sensitive

Hmm, a lot of these about, check out jes.de's laptops (notebook section).
Fair bit cheaper than that..

Can't find any heads up between Mobility X700 and Geforce Go6600, any notions which'd come out on top?
Desktop parts seem pretty even.

south

was looking for a new hard drive an all and for $150 for an external one that will do nicely anyone know if it's any good?

Ron DMC

It's all up on www.aldi.ie anyway

DingChavez

thank god, I've been waiting 4 dat one. Gericom seemed to have raised it's price tho. meh, I have the money....

litirspam

Anyone know if the monitor is a good deal? Or the Lan router? Or for that matter the Bluetooth adaptor?



19" SXGA TFT Monitor

Wireless LAN router. INcludes WLAN USB adaptor €109.99

Bluetooth USB adaptor. 10m USB2 €19.99

ClonmelMan

case_sensitive
Hmm, a lot of these about, check out jes.de's laptops (notebook section).

I can't see this Laptop on the list there or one with the same spec.
Which one were you talking about?

case_sensitive

hmmm, take your pick man:
All real brands (well, Acer), means drivers, all cheaper, and if you're not fussed about the 128MB Gfx, then there are half a dozen more just like it.


Acer Aspire 5024WLMi
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1,295.11


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• Arbeitsspeicher: 512MB (2x256MB) Standard DDR-333 SDRAM, aufrüstbar auf max. 2048MB (zwei soDIMM Steckplätze)
• Festplatte: 80GB ATA/100 Festplatte
• Laufwerke: Integriertes DVD-Dual Double Layer Laufwerk
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1.5 Stunden Schnellladung, 3.5 Stunden Ladung während des Betriebs 65 W AC Adapter
• Tastatur: Tastatur mit 88-/89-Tasten; 2.5mm (min) Tastenanschlag; Internationale Sprachen werden unterstützt Eingebautes Touchpad mit ergonomischen Tasten und integrierten 4-Wege Scroll Tasten 12 Funktionstasten; 4 Cursor Tasten; 2 Windows® Tasten; Hotkey Controls; Integrierter Nummernblock; 4 Starttasten, inkl. Internetbrowser, e-Mail mit LED, Acer Empowering und 1 frei programmierbare Taste Wireless LAN LED Bluetooth® LED
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* schränkt nicht die Gewährleistung für Verbraucher ein, die das Gerät ausschließlich für ihren privaten Zweck einsetzen, der weder ihrer gewerblichen noch ihrer selbständigen beruflichen Tätigkeit zugerechnet werden kann.


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1,155.52

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Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX)
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* schränkt nicht die Gewährleistung für Verbraucher ein, die das Gerät ausschließlich für ihren privaten Zweck einsetzen, der weder ihrer gewerblichen noch ihrer selbständigen beruflichen Tätigkeit zugerechnet werden kann.



Kurzdetails: Pentium-M 730 1.60GHz • 512MB • 80GB • DVD+/-RW • ATI Mobility Radeon X700 128MB • USB 2.0 / FireWire / Modem / gigaLAN / WLAN(802.11a/b/g) / Bluetooth • 5in1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) • 15.4" WSXGA+ TFT (1680x1050) • Windows XP Home • Li-Ionen-Akku • 2.86kg
1,434.69

case_sensitive

I've had a look at the Aldi one.. it is pretty impressive alright..
Screen res isn't great for a 15.4", and it's not pretty, but the specs are rock solid, name components n' all.
Now, who wants a Sony Vaio V505, for, say, €1499?

ClonmelMan

case_sensitive

I don't think any of these are the same spec they are all below the ALDI one.

LegacyUser

the aldi one looks v good. thinking of getting it.

do you reckon a laptop holds its value longer than a pc, say you wanted to offload it in a year or 2.

i reckon so.

ClonmelMan

Yes they do but don't forget that we are near a 64bit CPU as a standard setup

case_sensitive

Kinda.. I did post a link to a Turion 64-based Acer, but unless you need to address colossal amounts of RAM or need to calculate Pi to a zillion digits in one cycle, 64-bit processing doesn't offer much. The reason Athlon 64s are faster at 32-bit operations is because they double the number of registers on the proc. Still half the number Mac G5s have though.
In short, wouldn't be too fussed about 64 bit if you're recycling your computer more often than every two years, Longhorn won't be out until late 2006 if not 2007, and most stuff will work on 32 bit Windows until at least early 2008 me'dsay.

CastorTroy

Sounds good! I'm planning on getting a laptop and have been watching the Dell outlet. I know very little about computer specs but since my desktop is a P3 500 I think it's time to upgrade and a laptop would be a better investment for a student. So would you suggest this to someone like myself who would use it not only for college but also to play games like Half Life 2, one of the other reasons for upgrading.

And how do you get them? Do you have to order off them and pay up front or do they have them instore? Are they limited?

Stephen

You go into the shop bright and early Thursday morning and either pay cash up front or by laser card. They don't take cheques or credit cards.
Stock usually is limited.

Akula

anybody know what the gericom external hard drives are like?

Do they need a separate power supply or do they draw it through the usb 2 interface.

RicardoSmith

Since theres no 2.5" (laptop) drives over 120GB this is a 3.5" (desktop) drive.

All 3.5" drives need external power. Only 2.5" drives are bus powered.

So this definately needs power.

dearg_doom

CastorTroy wrote:

Sounds good! I'm planning on getting a laptop and have been watching the Dell outlet. I know very little about computer specs but since my desktop is a P3 500 I think it's time to upgrade and a laptop would be a better investment for a student. So would you suggest this to someone like myself who would use it not only for college but also to play games like Half Life 2, one of the other reasons for upgrading.

And how do you get them? Do you have to order off them and pay up front or do they have them instore? Are they limited?

Yep, it seems like a great deal(esp.with all of those gadgety extras thrown in)

/wishes he had a money tree.... or better still an orchard full of them:)

dearg_doom

RicardoSmith wrote:

Since theres no 2.5" (laptop) drives over 120GB this is a 3.5" (desktop) drive.

All 3.5" drives need external power. Only 2.5" drives are bus powered.

So this definately needs power.

Don't lappy HDs over 80Gb also need external power(or at least an extra USB cable)?

scoobysnacks

Is the hard drive meant to be any good? Looks like great deal, will be compatible with all machines?

Doodah7

I think it says the monitors have a refresh rate of 20ms. Not knowing much about such things, is this a good rate??

RicardoSmith

dearg_doom wrote:

Don't lappy HDs over 80Gb also need external power(or at least an extra USB cable)?

It depends on the drive spec. and also how good the USB ports are. Not all of them are powered and not all of them deliver enough power. Some drives over 20GB need more power and some 80GB's don't. Usually you can use a 2nd USB port or PS/2 port or even a AC power with them.

A decent Y USB cable is usually enough.

Fungtank

tallpaul wrote:

I think it says the monitors have a refresh rate of 20ms. Not knowing much about such things, is this a good rate??

Probably too late to make a difference but 20ms refresh rate is so so. If you'll be doing alot of heavy gaming like battle field or half-life 2 then you would probably want to be lookig more along the lines of 13-10ms. but if its general purpose use then its sound as a pound

cormie

Hi, was anyone there this morning? Was there plenty of the wireless optical mice there? I want to get one but didn't fancy going at sunrise, hopefully I wont be disappointed. Oh, I'll probably be going to Tallaght. I'm assuming the Parnell St. Store would be the quickest to sell out of everything?

Stephen

Picked one of the laptops up in Carlow this morning - lovely piece of kit indeed. The 19" monitors were flying out of the place, along with the hard drives. One of my friends picked up the wireless router/modem, pretty stylish looking.

conical

cormie wrote:

Hi, was anyone there this morning? Was there plenty of the wireless optical mice there? I want to get one but didn't fancy going at sunrise, hopefully I wont be disappointed. Oh, I'll probably be going to Tallaght. I'm assuming the Parnell St. Store would be the quickest to sell out of everything?

I was in Parnell St this afternoon, they still had one in the display case, so I assume they still had some

-C

cormie

Hey thanks, I got one in Tallaght, they had loads left:) nice little mouse

kensutz

I got the Laptop, mouse and router. The monitors that they were selling were only 15" ones which I wanted the 19" one. This was in Cork.

Akula

tried to get the hard disk drive in cork but was all sold out.

south

I got up out of bed after 2 hours sleep and with a bad hangover to drive to Clonmell then onto Carlow and and got back to Waterford without the damm hard drive. Why don’t they get enough of them in to go around :mad:

cosgrove80

kensutz wrote:

I got the Laptop, mouse and router. The monitors that they were selling were only 15" ones which I wanted the 19" one. This was in Cork.

Off topic:

Can you get the router working? I'm having problems getting it going

kensutz

I'm having a nightmare trying to start it up. I get to the screen to check IP addresses, and then nothing. I've tried countless attempts to get it running, I switched back to my normal modem. I think I'll try again in the morning. The router will verify that it has the signal but the IP address says 0.0.0.0 which is annoying.

kensutz

cosgrove post on this one to see if we can get somewhere

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2741643#post2741643

cosgrove80

kensutz wrote:

cosgrove post on this one to see if we can get somewhere

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2741643#post2741643

Yeah sorry sorry shouldn't have posted here, just getting very frustrated.

Did pick up the laptop though also. Inital impressions are good

johnniekipper

I got the laptop and mouse yesterday. I didn't get the wireless router as I thought someone told me you can get them for 60/70 euro. Are they good value. I know nothing about them only that I do need one for round the house surfin'

fatherdougalmag

Well if you ever come across one for €60/€70 let me know. It's hard enough to find a wireless/PSTN modem router as it is.

johnniekipper

Does anyone know if they are still for sale at the tallagh store ?

Stephen

Most wireless routers for €60 or €70 will not have the modem built in - you would need an external dsl/cable modem with an ethernet interface to connect to them.

cormie

johnniekipper wrote:

Does anyone know if they are still for sale at the tallagh store ?

I think there were one or two there when I was there yesterday at about 1pm. You mayyyy be lucky?? How much were they anyway?

johnniekipper

cormie wrote:

I think there were one or two there when I was there yesterday at about 1pm. You mayyyy be lucky?? How much were they anyway?

I think they were around 110. I might just switch to Eircom from Esat for 6 months because they give a wireless modem.

abington

Got two of the hard drives, they are quality, there were flying out of shops at the time and didnt see to be too many to start with.. good offer tho..

rubberduckey

Does anybody know if there are any of the hard drives left??

Akula

doubt it. i couldn't get one at 9.30 on the morning in question.

Franky Boy

I think the hard drive deal ended on the 12th of May.Just buy one on www.dabs.com or another online site.