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Aldi special offer laptop

Aldi a running a special offer this week on a laptop.
I am thinking of buying a new laptop but have no idea of the specs i require.
Could someone please hav a look at this special offer and let me know if this laptop is worth buying and how good it actually is??

e.g. how close to "top of the range" it is??
what is is capable of etc......
also woul be open to suggestion on where i could find a better laptop at a similar price

Cheers
Diarmuid

www.aldi.ie/special_buys/product_72.html
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Hi Diarmuid,

If you'll post us a link to the system you want  reviewed, we'll be glad to have a look at it.

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I checked the UK site and the same laptop seems to be selling for much less. But I can't find many particulars on this specific laptop.
http://www.aldi.co.uk/special_buys/product_74.html

For one thing the screen size seems very small -->12.1" widescreen
And they don't mention how much ram is actually in the laptop, only that it shares 128mb with the video chip.
 the processor is a AMD turion 64 with a dvd burner and an ati x200
I would say thats too much money for this particular laptop.
You would be better of checking the Dell site here http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/notebooks?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&s=dhs
 to compare what they offer for around the same price.
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I'd also rather go for a Dell as mentioned earlier, or Acer are also very good.

The medion's sold by aldi may be OK as long as you don't need the highest quality or if you don't need support, but as soon as something breaks, or you want to use and addon, you'll be out there alone with hardly any support.
If you don't know that you really need an ultra-portable, you should perhaps consider the fact that some of these machines are highly proprietary and some don't even have a CD unit. When your O/S gives you trouble, you'll be pretty disappointed with that...
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