Hey folks,
Ok.. well... my laptop I think is packing in on me. It no longer loads when it's cold, and will only start up at lunch time when it gets to about 20 degrees celcius, maybe it just doesn't like the cold or likes sleeping late, heh, but I have the feeling it's going to pack in any moment (Reason why I'm busy backing up everything in both Windows and Linux).
Now, I've been looking at new PCs for a while, and have had my eye on a Medion one. The reason being my laptop is Medion (but it's very very old), and they are unbeatable when you compare the specs and price.
Currently at Carrefour, they've on sale:
Probably more, but cannot think at the mo.
It's only 999 Euro, on promotion, and I can have finance on it. Which is a big factor for me. My only problem is the graphics card. Firstly it's nVidia, never had them before so don't know them, and secondly I've no idea if it's a good one. It's: 128mb nVidia GeForce PCX 5300 PCI Express (TV-Out)
For those who want, here's more info on the Medion MD5291.
What I did want is apparently no longer available in France, the Medion Titanium MD8083. It was very good, practically the same, but had an 8 in 1 card reader, ATI Radeon 9800 XL graphics card (9800 Pro overclocked), 160gb hard drive, and can't really think anything much else different. Read more on it here.
I'd buy the MD5291, but don't know how good the graphics card is.
Medion also have a MD1873 available, don't think at Carrefour though. But it's
So, I've no idea. I don't like a lot of the things on the MD1873.
So, should I get the MD5291, or try and get a hold of the Titanium MD808? (but it'll have an ATI Radeon 9800 XXL, 200gb hdd, etc. etc. - I don't know the model number, but afaik it's only avail. in Germany but it's better than the 8083..)
So, long post, lots of confusing things, heh, so what should I do?
Thanks
Ok.. well... my laptop I think is packing in on me. It no longer loads when it's cold, and will only start up at lunch time when it gets to about 20 degrees celcius, maybe it just doesn't like the cold or likes sleeping late, heh, but I have the feeling it's going to pack in any moment (Reason why I'm busy backing up everything in both Windows and Linux).
Now, I've been looking at new PCs for a while, and have had my eye on a Medion one. The reason being my laptop is Medion (but it's very very old), and they are unbeatable when you compare the specs and price.
Currently at Carrefour, they've on sale:
Probably more, but cannot think at the mo.
It's only 999 Euro, on promotion, and I can have finance on it. Which is a big factor for me. My only problem is the graphics card. Firstly it's nVidia, never had them before so don't know them, and secondly I've no idea if it's a good one. It's: 128mb nVidia GeForce PCX 5300 PCI Express (TV-Out)
For those who want, here's more info on the Medion MD5291.
What I did want is apparently no longer available in France, the Medion Titanium MD8083. It was very good, practically the same, but had an 8 in 1 card reader, ATI Radeon 9800 XL graphics card (9800 Pro overclocked), 160gb hard drive, and can't really think anything much else different. Read more on it here.
I'd buy the MD5291, but don't know how good the graphics card is.
Medion also have a MD1873 available, don't think at Carrefour though. But it's
So, I've no idea. I don't like a lot of the things on the MD1873.
So, should I get the MD5291, or try and get a hold of the Titanium MD808? (but it'll have an ATI Radeon 9800 XXL, 200gb hdd, etc. etc. - I don't know the model number, but afaik it's only avail. in Germany but it's better than the 8083..)
So, long post, lots of confusing things, heh, so what should I do?
Thanks