the new Aldi Pc

up for sale on April 1st - lol

http://www.aldi-stores.co.uk/specials_01_11/1.html

- can read smart cards....

- has scart output 'so you can copy dvd to videotape' - providing you own the copyright.........

pretty good 'bang per buck' ?

[Tezcatlipoca]

There was a leaflet for that in the paper today.

£749.99

From what I can remember, the specs were something like:

P4 3GHz (with Hyper-Threading, whatever that is??)

512Megs DDR RAM (not sure what speed)

200gig HDD

Pioneer DVD/CD writer: DVD+/-R & +/-RW, CDR, CDRW

DVD-ROM drive

Smart card / memory card reader thing (CF, MMC, SD, etc)

Radeon 9800 (not sure exactly which type)

TV Tuner with FM Radio, & Remote Control

Cordless keyboard & mouse

Built-in ethernet port

Wireless-G adaptor

SCART output rather than just normal SVideo / Composite Video TV-Out

USB2 ports on front & rear (unsure how many)

Firewire ports


There may have been more...


Does sound quite good (well, to me anyway)

EDIT: I've just looked at the flash thing. It says the RAM is "400MHz 64bit dual channel DDR RAM", while the Radeon 9800 is a 9800 "XXL" (?)

[kronas]

i smell an april fool.........

[keithwalton]

seems fairly reasnoble to me for its price, the cpu its got is now getting on for a year old. and is dirt cheap now rest of the stuff is fairly modern, looks like they call the graphics 9800 xxt, which is probably a spin on the cut down 9800se, then again i've seen plain 9800's for around the £125 mark recently.
The main cost which isnt included is a moniter ! CRT's are in the £100-200 band extra, and tft's are £100 + more like £300-400 for a good 17" and £500+ for a 19" tft.
Also how can it be an april fool if they've promo'd it now and its not april yet
:rollseyes:

K

[kronas]

Originally Posted by keithwalton

Also how can it be an april fool if they've promo'd it now and its not april yet
:rollseyes:

K

some of the features and the price is too cheap......... unless its real

[KingPhoenix]

im sure the advertising standards agency would have something to say about it if it was an april fool

[snodvan]

Originally Posted by KingPhoenix

im sure the advertising standards agency would have something to say about it if it was an april fool

It is not an April fool.

I bought the 2Mhz version of the Medion from Aldi a year ago - never a moments problem. Nice machine, seems well bulit/ thought out. Occasionally throws up an odd error message (the rare/ unusual ones) in German rather than English - some reflection of the source heritage I guess but not a problem.

Anyone buying can expect LONG queues outside the store. They open at 9.00 but I arrived at 6.30 am and by 7 am there were 10 in the queue. By 7.30 there were 20 - and they only had 15 machines (*) By 9 am there were 50+ in the queue.

(*) Seem better organised these days. My local Aldi store now issues numbered tickets to those in the queue and when the machines are all gone then you can order at the same price. I am told it takes about 2 weeks for delivery.

Note - Aldi does not accept credit cards ie Mastercard/ Visa etc. but they will take cash cards ie Switch - or money or course.

[paulyoung666]

my bro in law got one of the aldi machines and it has been spot on from day one , tbh i dont think you can go far wrong with them

[Tezcatlipoca]

Cool.

The offer is v tempting, but would mean taking time off work to trek to the Aldi store at the outskirts of Cambridge & queue up in hope of getting one.

Pity you can't just order online.

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Tezcatlipoca

Cool.

The offer is v tempting, but would mean taking time off work to trek to the Aldi store at the outskirts of Cambridge & queue up in hope of getting one.

Pity you can't just order online.

reread snodvans post , it looks as though you can still buy at the shop price even when they have all been sold

[Tezcatlipoca]

Ah. Does seem like that, cool

Although it looks like you still have to go there in person.

Hmm. I think I may take Thursday morning off...

[paulyoung666]

you might want to take your sleeping bag by the sound of it , good luck

[Tezcatlipoca]

A couple of very favourable reviews of previous Aldi Medion PCs:

Medion Titanium MD XL

Medion Titanium 8080 XL (The 8080 is from late last year, & sounds v similar to next week's Aldi PC, apart from a smaller HDD.)

Thanks Tez

I've got the leaflet for the new one in front of me, it certainly looks spiffy, another difference from the 8080 XL is the DVD writer is an 8x +R/-R by Pioneer.

All the hits I got on googling 9800xxl were mainly German - none at all in the UK ?

Might be worth mentioning, in the same leaflet, on sale the same day, a 17" TFT monitor for £269.99 .

[vaiolator]

We have still got a Medion from year 2000 thats still working as good as ever, even though the kids now own it! The one occasion I called the helpline, they phoned me back and talked me through whatever it was. I can't vouch for the help you might get now, but I would buy one of these over many bigger brand names.