Aldi Desktop PC

Very useable. Doesnt say 64bit though :S

But... if you want to use the pre-installed Office 2010 you'll need to pay for an Office Activation key....

I think it's integrated graphics, rather than a dedicated card.

Tinie wrote: »

The warranty is with Medion I think, not Aldi, so you have to ring medion if there is a problem and organise it with them. And a poster in this thread has stated that they had problems with repairs with them.


Not a great deal overall. Id avise having a quick look on dell.ie on their desktop section and ringing them, as they usually give you a 5-10% off if you bargain with them.

Pretty sure the first 2 years of the warranty are with Aldi (by law, as the retailer they can't just wash their hands of you), the third would be direct with Medion.

Up2NoGood wrote: »

I purchased a similar spec machine a couple of years back from Aldi, I was sold on the 3 year warrenty.... Until I needed thier help, the motherboard went. When I called the 1800 number they told me to bring it to the store and they will deal with the courier, went down only to be told the 1800 crowd arrange collection, back and forth one more time and finally got it collected. 2 months later I got the machine back after numerous phone calls and threats of legal action.
Happy days I thought... except 6 months after repair, motherboard went again. This time I suggested I look after the repair and you guys deal with the payment to the repair shop ( PC world ). Median denied it ( I was chancing ). I did get the machine fixed after another 2 months and the same conversation I had 6 months previous.
All going good now, but I would caution everyone, sometimes it's good to be able to talk to someone where it it purchased about support, you get what you pay for.

I had the exact same experience as this trying to get Medion to sort the warranty on my Aldi laptop. Total Nightmare

The power socket thing on the side popped out and it was snapped so I couldn't repair it myself, it took 3 phonecalls, each of which I had to go home to my parents house to use the landline because they wouldn't accept mobile calls, or payphones, or any of the phones in college for some reason. That was just to get them to send me the postage label to attach to the box to send it to them. 2 weeks after it broke the courier finally came and picked it up. This was in the 3rd week of September.

So I waited a week, then another, then another. Rang them and they said they'd just received it, another 2 weeks passed, rang them again, nothing had been done with it, I said let me speak to a manager, they said he wasn't there, a note has been left in my file and he'll ring as soon as he gets in, my laptop would be repaired that day, waited another week, didn't hear anything so I rang again, they said nothing had been done with it because Id broke it through abuse even though it was a common problem on the Medion forums and their own mods were telling people that Medion were fixing it for free. Went ballistic and he finally agreed to fix it, said it was being done that day.

2 weeks later I receive an invoice in the post asking for 50-60 euro in parts and labour before they'll touch my laptop. Went ballistic again, screaming for a manager, finally got one to agree to fix it that day and send it back to me, of course another week passes, rang again, laptop hasn't been touched, manager is on holiday, laptop cant be repaired until I pay the bill.

It just went on and on like that, I couldn't believe it, these were Germans I was dealing with aswell and the laptop was in Germany not Asia or somewhere.

It went on for so long that I had to spend Christmas at home that year on the ancient family pc and a 56k connection, this is after sending it away in September, eventually got it back after New Years without having to pay but it took multiple letters, emails, phonecalls and Medion forum posts. No apology but got laughed at a few times on the phone. In future Ill consider the Aldi warranties to be a scam and just give 50 Euro to an Irish repair shop and have it back in a week instead of 3-4 months.

Something like this should be sufficient, stick your favourite GNU/Linux on it. I think EBuyer deliver here not sure though: http://www.ebuyer.com/389623-zoostorm-desktop-pc-7873-1066