* Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology with Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5800 (2GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB) * 16" high definition widescreen TFT display with 1366 x 768 pixel resolution * NVIDIA® GeForce® 9300M GS DirectX® 10 graphics with 256MB GDDR3 memory and digital HDMI audio/video output * Western Digital 320GB Hard Drive for more than 60,000 digital pictures or 60,000 MP3 tracks (4 MB each) * 3 GB DDR2 SDRAM: abundant memory capacity for maximum performance * SAMSUNG 8x multi-standard DVD/CD re-writer with DVD-RAM and Dual Layer disc support * extensive software package including Windows Vista Home Premium with new Media Center user interface * Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5100 AGN Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N with up to 300Mbit/s. 802.11b/g compatible * Gbit Ethernet LAN port 10/100/1000 Mbit/s * features a biometric fingerprint reader * webcam and 4 in 1 card reader included * keyboard with integrated numeric keyboard * compare up to an $899 value * click here for more details * 2 year limited manufacturer's warranty up to $99 value
They also have other stuff
# Traveler HD Camcorder 10x # Tevion DVD Maker with Media Converter # Medion® Graphics Tablet # Sansui 27" Digital TV # Traveler 4 GB SD™ Card
> The digital home cinema experience with perfect sound:
6-channel audio out (analogue + S/P-DIF)** > High-speed Wireless LAN:
Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5100 AGN Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N with up to 300 Mbits.*** 802.11b/g compatible > Keyboard:
Keyboard with integrated numeric keypad and Backlit Multimedia Control Keys > Integrated 4-in-1 Multi Flash Memory Card Reader:
Memory Card reader for SD, MMC, MS & MS Pro flash memory cards**** > Integrated VGA webcam and microphone > Biometric fingerprint reader for ultimate data security > Gbit Ethernet LAN port 10/100/1000 Mbit/s. *You may only copy the material if you own the copyright or have received permission from the owner of the copyright. If you are not the owner of the copyright, or do not have the permission of the copyright owner to copy, then you could violate the copyright and be subject to possible claims for damages. **Only when used with an appropriate surround-sound speaker system (not supplied). ***For full performance you need an IEEE 802.11 Draft -n router (not included) 300 Mbit/s. is a gross rate; in working process the net rate will be up to 75 Mbit/s. ****Memory cards are not supplied.
MICROST Genuine
jmana
New Member
posted: Oct. 19, 2008 @ 11:38a
Don't let the Aldi name scare you off, Medion is a great company and makes really good electronics! And the price is great considering the specs!
I think with 3 yr warrenty, this might be a better deal than the computer. 720 P recording !!!
Traveler HD Camcorder 10x $ 249. 99 each *
* 10x optical super zoom * HD resolution of 720p (1280x720) * comes with a video sensor vs. a photo sensor as in a standard digital camera * includes camcorder DSP with photo function vs. photo DSP with video function as in a regular digital camera * 270° rotatable 3" LCD screen, 4x digital zoom * 5MP photo resolution * accessories: 4GB SD card (up to two hours of HD recording), remote control and 1 lithium-ion battery * compare up to $400 value * click here for more details * 3 year limited manufacturer's warranty
nosatalian
Senior Member
posted: Oct. 19, 2008 @ 12:03p
Why does everyone keep coming out with mammoth screens with puny resolutions? In the 1990s you could get 1600x1200 on a 15" easily, and now all laptops seem to be resolution starved.
nosatalian said: Why does everyone keep coming out with mammoth screens with puny resolutions? In the 1990s you could get 1600x1200 on a 15" easily, and now all laptops seem to be resolution starved.
* 16" high definition widescreen TFT display with 1366 x 768 pixel resolution
Correct, this is terrible resolution for such a large screen. The other specs are ok for something in this price range, but nothing spectacular.
wylde21
New Member
posted: Oct. 19, 2008 @ 1:10p
shastada said: nosatalian said: Why does everyone keep coming out with mammoth screens with puny resolutions? In the 1990s you could get 1600x1200 on a 15" easily, and now all laptops seem to be resolution starved.
* 16" high definition widescreen TFT display with 1366 x 768 pixel resolution
Correct, this is terrible resolution for such a large screen. The other specs are ok for something in this price range, but nothing spectacular.
Two reasons for the "terrible resolution" of new large laptop screens, versus the 1990's:
(1) Laptops cost $400-$800 now, and they were $1400-$2500. Cost drives features. (2) If people need higher resolution they can buy a 19"-32" LCD add-on monitor for $200-$400. Customer demand for paying for the higher laptop resolutions is down.
how come they rarely mention weight & batt life? It is a laptop after all. I don't want to lug around a bag of bricks that runs for 30 mins and has to be plugged in. If I wanted that, I'd buy a desktop
Whatatay
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Oct. 20, 2008 @ 4:20p
nosatalian said: Why does everyone keep coming out with mammoth screens with puny resolutions? In the 1990s you could get 1600x1200 on a 15" easily, and now all laptops seem to be resolution starved.
Because all the higher resolution does is make things smaller.
It is an off brand laptop for $700 plus tax. Head over to any of the D3ll "days of deals" laptop deals and configure a nice system for the same or less.
Dwynne said: It is an off brand laptop for $700 plus tax. Head over to any of the D3ll "days of deals" laptop deals and configure a nice system for the same or less.
Dennis
Off brand ??? What are you ? An American ??? Joe the plumber ?
Ask anyone to name the top 5 notebook computer makers, heck even the top 10, and "Medion" is not going to be on the list of anyone. Well, I guess YOU might put then on your list . $700 plus tax will get you a nice D3ll or other brand name.
Dwynne said: Ask anyone to name the top 5 notebook computer makers, heck even the top 10, and "Medion" is not going to be on the list of anyone. Well, I guess YOU might put then on your list . $700 plus tax will get you a nice D3ll or other brand name.
Dennis
wow ! You actually believe that Dell is built better than Medion ????
Dude, seriously, are you out of your mind? Have you looked at the specs and manufacturers of all the components ?? Do you know anything about computers other than brands ?? Hell you can not even Type Dell.... its Dell not D3LL, We are not talking about 3NRON
spider991
New Member
posted: Oct. 22, 2008 @ 8:38a
Please!....I'm just an old guy looking for a nice product for a nice price is this a deal or what?
dandruff
SPEED III
posted: Oct. 22, 2008 @ 8:51a
spider991 said: Please!....I'm just an old guy looking for a nice product for a nice price is this a deal or what?
not in the market, so i dont know if this is a deal or not ... but going by past experience(s): a) MEDION is amazing well built / designed product and pretty big brand - its GERMAN b) Aldi is GERMAN c) Past deals ppl have been very pleased and they have been well received d) I would pick medion over Dell .. i guess i am a sucker for german goods
apull
New Member
posted: Oct. 23, 2008 @ 10:43a
for the price, these are nice specs. the screen resolution isn't as terrible as everyone says, and if you're an "old guy" it might be easier on your eyes.
i know a lot of people that run their 19" monitors in 1024x768 mode (not native!) because they can't see the small stuff.
i can't comment on medion, never bought their stuff.
the real question is, as one other poster mentioned, how much does it weigh, and what's the battery life?
I thinks this one is hot. Keep in mind the chipset is the nvidia 9300GSM, so graphics performance will blow away the d3lll deal of the day And if you have seen these German designed Medion machines, you know there is a difference in fit and finish. For the d3ll fanboy, you can keep buying them.
If I was in the market for a laptop this size AND if I weren't a blind AMD fanboy, I would pick this one in a heartbeat
thank god we have some sensible people on this thread again !! Now how about some green !
Also anyone who is going to buy this remember Aldi ONLY takes CASH or DEBIT CARD, so make sure you have the money on sunday !
zdr81
Member
posted: Oct. 23, 2008 @ 2:41p
anyone have any insight about the HD camcorder?
SAldridge
Broke Member
posted: Oct. 24, 2008 @ 11:46a
I still have the Medion laptop (probably the first laptop Aldi sold in the US) from maybe 4 years ago (2.4 GHz). It is still working fine. I needed a new battery so I called Medion and they sent it asap. Actually, Medion was probably the first company where I didn't get the phone-runaround but was immediately connected to a live person (about a year ago). I don't know how much the battery was, but I know it was way cheaper than the battery for the Sony laptop we had before. I also broke the E on my keyboard and Medion replaced it free of charge way past warranty. I also bought the first Aldi desktop PC which is also still going fine (replaced the video card though). Of course neither still has the specs worth mentioning, this is just to show that Medion is not crap like eMachines. I too would take a Medion over a Dell anytime.
The reason why I generally prefer Medion is because they have higher quality components and not that generic OEM crap that most HP/Dell/Compaq have. As someone mentioned before, it has a much better graphics chip than any equally priced laptop you'd find at Dell. If you start with the cheapest Dell, change the CPU to the T5800, change Vista Home Basic to Premium and the RAM to 3 GB, you are at $699. Now, that means you only get: Vista Home Basic vs. Vista Home Premium 1 year warranty vs 2 year warranty Intel X3100 vs. NVIDIA® GeForce® 9300M 160 GB HD vs. 320 GB HD 15.4" w/ 1280x800 vs. 16" w/ 1366x768 802.11g vs. Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N 2 ch audio vs. 6 ch audio 10/100 Ethernet vs. 10/100/1000 GBit No biometric fingerprint scanner No mouse No bag No numeric key pad No HDMI out (not a single component is better than the Medion)
The reason why Dell is in the top list is just a matter of quantity and availability, not quality. Anyway, I don't work for Aldi or Medion, but I have two Medion computers that are good machines, I have had contact with the support which was great - so I'd recommend it. And if I had the money right now, I'd buy one.
BTW, I think the reason why they don't mention battery life is because a 16" laptop is usually not made for mobility. No "mobile warrior" would want to travel with a 16" machine so while it is a laptop, it is still more targeted at stationary users.
mrslimbudget
New Member
posted: Oct. 24, 2008 @ 4:05p
Years ago I purchased a Medion desktop from Aldi. In fact, that' what I'm using right now. I could never get the sound to work..turned out, the computer didn't have a sound card. Had to take it in for repair once when the partitions crashed my system, but other than that I've used it with no problem.
However, I'm a little hesitant to purchase the laptop because of the sound card issue.
ElectroM
New Member
posted: Oct. 24, 2008 @ 5:16p
I am looking to buy a laptop and this seems like a decent deal. I called Medion support and did get thru to a live person almost immediately. A very nice guy with a British accent answered several questions about the laptop. The warranty covers everything normally covered, and they pay shipping both ways if it needs service. The laptop is made in Germany, buy he didn't know what chassis it was built on, such as MSI, Clevo, etc. The main drawback in my opinion is there doesn't seem to be much in the way of user support groups, such as there is for Asus, Toshiba, etc. All the software on the laptop is the full versions, except for MS Office and Bulldog Internet Security, both are trial versions, 60 days and 90 days respectively. I will go by Aldi Sunday and look at it, but not sure I will buy. Maybe if Aldi has a good return policy, like 30 days, I will take a chance. Thanks for the heads up on the laptop.
SAldridge
Broke Member
posted: Oct. 24, 2008 @ 8:55p
ElectroM said: Maybe if Aldi has a good return policy, like 30 days, I will take a chance. Thanks for the heads up on the laptop. They do:
ALDI said: Computer/Electronic Return Policy Returns will be honored within 90 days of the original purchase date. Price Adjustments will be honored within 30 days of the original purchase date if we advertise a lower retail price.
GSG
Member
posted: Oct. 24, 2008 @ 9:35p
Anyone know the speed of the Hard Drive? , and speed of the Memory?
Ok, I just got off the phone with Medion, the memory is 800 mghz, but she could only give me a model # which I looked up and is a 5400 SATAII.
SAldridge
Broke Member
posted: Oct. 25, 2008 @ 9:35a
Well, the Medion website says it is a Western Digital 320 GB Hard Drive, which I think is good. German Aldi has the P6612 (vs. P6611 in the US). They have a faster processor, but the rest seems to be similar. They list the hard drive as "Western Digital WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0". Nothing about the RAM speed though, just DDR2.
Interestingly, I just went to Medion and searched for P6611 and I see Bluetooth drivers (Bluetooth driver of the P6611 MD 97090 model series.) - but it doesn't say anywhere that this laptop has Bluetooth, does it? That could be a nice surprise (http://www1.medion.de/downloads/index.pl?op=detail&id=6752&type=treiber&lang=us)
ElectroM
New Member
posted: Oct. 25, 2008 @ 11:06a
SAldridge said: Well, the Medion website says it is a Western Digital 320 GB Hard Drive, which I think is good. German Aldi has the P6612 (vs. P6611 in the US). They have a faster processor, but the rest seems to be similar. They list the hard drive as "Western Digital WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0". Nothing about the RAM speed though, just DDR2.
Interestingly, I just went to Medion and searched for P6611 and I see Bluetooth drivers (Bluetooth driver of the P6611 MD 97090 model series.) - but it doesn't say anywhere that this laptop has Bluetooth, does it? That could be a nice surprise (http://www1.medion.de/downloads/index.pl?op=detail&id=6752&type=treiber〈=us)
Bluetooth would be great. I went to the download page you mention hoping to download the manual. I was wondering if the p6611 has an empty drive bay for a second hard drive. No manual was listed, and the files are dated 10-18-08. This must be a new page, maybe for a new laptop. If it is a new laptop I wonder why it isn't Centrino 2. Why release a new laptop with older technology?
ElectroM said: SAldridge said: Well, the Medion website says it is a Western Digital 320 GB Hard Drive, which I think is good. German Aldi has the P6612 (vs. P6611 in the US). They have a faster processor, but the rest seems to be similar. They list the hard drive as "Western Digital WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0". Nothing about the RAM speed though, just DDR2.
Interestingly, I just went to Medion and searched for P6611 and I see Bluetooth drivers (Bluetooth driver of the P6611 MD 97090 model series.) - but it doesn't say anywhere that this laptop has Bluetooth, does it? That could be a nice surprise (http://www1.medion.de/downloads/index.pl?op=detail&id=6752&type=treiber〈=us)
Bluetooth would be great. I went to the download page you mention hoping to download the manual. I was wondering if the p6611 has an empty drive bay for a second hard drive. No manual was listed, and the files are dated 10-18-08. This must be a new page, maybe for a new laptop. If it is a new laptop I wonder why it isn't Centrino 2. Why release a new laptop with older technology?
If you go to the UK website for Aldi, the 6612 they have says it has bluetooth 2.0 ! But then that computer also has 4GB RAM and 3 !!! YEARS !! warranty
SAldridge
Broke Member
posted: Oct. 25, 2008 @ 11:57a
Well, it is a budget laptop nevertheless, with a sub $700 price tag. I think you get a lot for the money, and most budget/mainstream laptops don't have the latest CPU technology - if they would, who'd buy the $1000+ laptops? You get a very good graphics chip, a large hard drive and a lot of little niceties.
The European version P6612 on the other hand has the P7350 and a little more RAM - but it also costs £579.99, 799,– resp. which is $1000 I believe the 3 years warranty is some EU regulation, and it also fits the much higehr pricetag.
Wait until the stock goes low, then swoop in to pick one up. I got the last Medion Akoya laptop deal for $399.00, 200.00 off original price. I picked one up as a temporary replacement for her Dell (which constantly crashes) it is a nice fast lappy! The only thing she's not happy with is the mouse buttons, so I taught her how to "tap" on the touch pad instead of clicking on the mouse button.
SAldridge
Broke Member
posted: Oct. 25, 2008 @ 3:57p
I tried that on the last laptop and it didn't work for me. At my 3 area stores, they were all gone fast
ElectroM
New Member
posted: Oct. 25, 2008 @ 4:41p
lotusstp said: Wait until the stock goes low, then swoop in to pick one up. I got the last Medion Akoya laptop deal for $399.00, 200.00 off original price. I picked one up as a temporary replacement for her Dell (which constantly crashes) it is a nice fast lappy! The only thing she's not happy with is the mouse buttons, so I taught her how to "tap" on the touch pad instead of clicking on the mouse button.
How long did you wait before you got one at a discount? Does Aldi normally discount laptops when the stock is low? Do they only get a certain number and when they are gone, they're gone?
SAldridge
Broke Member
posted: Oct. 25, 2008 @ 5:20p
In my oppinion, or experience, you really have to be there when they have 1 left in stock in the specific store. I don't believe they stock much - one of the price policies.
If you don't care whether you get it or not, it's worth a gamble, just be prepared that it is very likely you don't get it...(probably depending on neighborhood)
GSG
Member
posted: Oct. 26, 2008 @ 6:59a
If anyone gets this laptop, please report the bluetooth issue of whether it has it or not. Thanks.
Also, the Aldi 2008 TOYs will be available from next wk. These are all big brand toys. I was going to post a seperate deal thread but some fools here just dont understand the difference between quality and quantity so I am not posting it.
Wii bundle with 4 games is a decent deal, DS is available also and wow wee dragon fly for $22 is better than RadioShack deal.
ElectroM
New Member
posted: Oct. 26, 2008 @ 9:31a
GSG said: If anyone gets this laptop, please report the bluetooth issue of whether it has it or not. Thanks. I am going to my local Aldi to check it out, I will try to find out if it has bluetooth. I am not sure if I will buy one, won't know until I actually see it. This is a decent deal, but not a great one.
Does anyone know how good this video card is? I haven't used an Nvidia card for several years now, and am not very familiar with them.
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9300M GS DirectX® 10 graphics card with 256 MB GDDR3 memory and digital HDMI audio/video output
I guess it always depends on what you are planning to use this for. You can connect it to your HDTV with the HDMI so that would be my biggest plus. It seems to play games but the latest and greatest well, but it is not a gaming laptop.
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montecore
New Member
posted: Jan. 3, 2009 @ 6:06p
Anyone that has this P6611...I need your help.
I need ALL of the hidden files AND hidden system files on the D: partition as mine somehow became corrupted. Could you zip those up and send to me? Or if it would be easier if you could send me the image of the D partition that would work as well. Also let me know what program and version number you used to create the image file.
Please send me a private message to establish a way to send them to me. If you don't know how to find these files let me know.
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