Page 1 of PC World, P4 2.8 ghz + monitor, £799.

Nabbed myself this at the weekend. Nery nice indeed. Nippier than an Eskimo`s bits. Grapics card is a bit weak, but overall I`m very happy with my purchase. Now to nab the comfy chair in the other thread...

Medion2880
Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz Processor
512Mb DDR RAM
60Gb Hard Drive
64Mb SIS 651GX AGP4x Graphics
DVD & CD-RW Separate Drives
17" Monitor (15.8" V.I.S)
1x Firewire Port
Star Office Software
Windows XP Home Operating system

This item was edited on Friday, 10th January 2003, 16:33

I`m not particulary against PC world, and have had 1 bad experience that was eventually sorted but after reading this

http://www.stevebaker.net/pcworld/pcworld1.html

Makes me wonder ....

When I bought the above PC I also bought a TV input card. I need to take screeenshots of PS2 games when freelancing. Sadly the grabs turned out to be slightly too blurry to use, so I took the card back. They refunded me the money with no fuss.

I`ve had excellent treatment thus far.

This isn`t the same one that was on offer in Aldi, is it? I`ve had good reports on these Medion PCs & when I get my new one later this year I will definately give them consideration.

I believe it is. Mine`s is doing me well enough. And the specs are right for the price.

The PC world Medion is nowhere near as good as the Aldi one, stay away get the Aldi one for £680 and add a monitor.

You get alot more for your money

I was offered the base unit for £700, minus a monitor. What`re the specs of the Aldi one? It can`t be that different.

This item was edited on Monday, 13th January 2003, 09:55

The specs are very different the Aldi one wipes the floor with the PC World one im affraid

Pentuium 4 2.66 , 533 FSB
nVidia Geforce 4 Ti 4200 (128mb DDR)
Sony CDRW 40/12/48
Dvd 16x
Seagate 120gb hard disk @ 7200 rpm
6 Channel Dolby Digital 5.1 sound
Samsung 256mb DDR 333mhz Ram (1 module)
Network Controler / Fast erthernet 10/100 mbit
56k v90 Pci data/fax modem
Microsoft Intelimouse
Keyboard with hot keys
Stereo TV/FM tunercard
3x Firewire
5 Usb 2.0 (3 front 2 rear)

Front connections, 1 firewire, 1 headphone, 1 sVideo In, 1 Composite In, 1 gameport, 1 Microphone, 1 Audio in

Rear connections, keyboard/mouse, serial, parallel, audio input digital, audio output digital, 2xusb 2.0, ethernet connector, 2 firewire, audio output (front rear center/sub), audio input, microphone, s video, composite out, 2x monitor, modem port, tv/radio antenna input

Intergrated Card reader , Memory Stick, Micro Drive, Multimedia Card, Compact Flash, Smart Media, SD card
Tv out
Windows XP
Microsoft works suite 2003
Air XL low noise ventilation system

All for £679.99

F*ck me!

No Aldi`s around my area, sadly.

They could well have all gone by now anyway I`m afraid.

My girlfriend`s brother got one, everything seems great (apart from a dead pixel on the flat screen which Medion are replacing without fuss). I have bought a floppy drive (since it doesn`t come with one!), does anyone know if all the cables required to connect it up will be present inside the case, or will I have to buy those as well?