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Michelle:
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Oi and me :P :D
They look almost identical and i'd say the little price difference is on the proccesor which is dearer in the Medion even though it's 2.8 as aposed to 3.0
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Oh and you of course :-)
Thats cos its a Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor - Its like Turbo, I know from a good source ! :LOL:
It doesn't take much to confuse me cammy, thanks for looking though! :wink: I'm gonna go with the medion unless I can't get one.
Just spoke to toys r us, they have one left in the store with free printer still.
Have to see if its still there monday if my dosh is in then.
Camstop:
I guess they wont keep it for you ehh ? :roll:
Btw i'm sure i read that they had sorted out the noise problem that Lona was on about before they produced this pc :thumb:
Michelle:
they did say they would keep it for me, but seeing as I've not seen the money yet I thought I'd better not, but they said they wouldn't put a ticket out on the machine, bit odd though, they didn't even take my name!
I hope they've sorted out the noise, I hated the noisey fan in the messsss computer.... not sure its that much newer than lona's though it was in there when I looked a while back.
Camstop:
OMG have a look on ebay at what you can get if you know what components you want :shock:
There's a London company with loads on there but not sure if you could see them running or not :)
This is their terms on the assumption they stay in business :wink:
--- Quote ---All brand new equipment comes with 3 years RTB Warranty. year 1 parts and labour and year 2nd and 3rd labour only.
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Sandra:
One advantage of the dual core cpu is that it should run cooler when its not being worked too hard so the fan will run slower, I think theyre variable speed dependant on how hot the cpu is.
A bit like the turbo analogy of a car again, when you dont need the power it just trickles along not using much of the available power, then when you put it under load or put your foot down in the car the turbo kicks in to boost the power :)
The medion has speakers built into the monitor so they would only be stereo and probably not very good.
The 630 CPU is a cheaper one than the 650, its still a 64 bit but its a single core cpu, again ebuyer.com price :
Intel Pentium 4 630 3 Ghz Socket 775 800Mhz 2mb Retail Boxed
£155.24
£182.41 inc VAT
Slightly faster but not a dual core.
I read a comparison review on dual core v single core but with faster cpu speeds last week.
For a dedicated gamer the single core had a slight advantage over the slower rated dual core, I guess its a bit like turbo lag to use the car analogy again.
For general use, especially if multi tasking then the dual core was the one to go for.
The Dell is good value as well but hasnt got a few things that the medion has such as the digital tv tuner card, dont know if thats something youd use or want but it would swing it for me along with the dual core cpu as I am not a gamer but do lots of multitasking :)
I suppose its handy for a standby one in case your cash doesnt come in time for the medion Michelle and you dont fanct waiting for another medion special offer from either toys r us or aldi or lydl :)
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