Medion's Atom-powered E1211 and E1215 make the scene
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted April 14th 2009 4:49PM
posted April 14th 2009 4:49PM
If you're a resident of the European Union (or just a big fan) you might like to know that Medion's back with another nondescript, low-priced laptop or two. Understated sequels to the Mini E1210, both the E1211 and E1215 sport a 10-inch display, Intel Atom processor, 160GB hard drive, Windows XP Home, webcam, Bluetooth, and WiFi, and weigh a mere 1.25 kilograms -- and the latter also rocks integrated UMTS. According to Portable Gear, these guys are expected to fall into the €400-500 price range, rearing their heads in retail outlets such as Aldi, Hema, Action, Gamma and Karwei. Hit that read link for some more exciting pics.
fuck, i wanted to b first =(
That's alright. We can still downrank you imagining you were.
man....u mean lol
Median will soon realize it didn't even exist!
400-500 euros for a vanilla netbook...cool?
400-500 euros is inexpensive?
I thought $99 was inexpensive for a laptop... ARM-based netbook to be exact.
This thing is pretty much an MSI Wind clone. I mean, the LEDs are the same, the plastic looks the same, the hinge even looks the same....so lame. Do we really need another netbook?
trackpad looks a little improved.
You obviously don't know anything... because the Medion Akoya Mini's are MSI Winds, they have just been rebranded.
I bought my wife a Medi ~*> O
Bah - had more posted :( Oh well
More of the same vanilla netbook stuff. There are TOO many people making WAY TOO MANY similarly specked netbooks.
It isn't a Wind Clone It is the MSI Wind! Medion just sells it under its own Brand
Sometimes I just get SICK of the atom powered netbook craze.
If Apple does a netbook, I'm sure that they will use a CUSTOM MADE cpu from intel :)
It would be the first custom CPU they have ever used from Intel, Intel would never piss off Dell, HP, Acer, Toshiba & Sony by making a CPU they could not buy.
Everything Apple sells is vanilla Nvidia chipsets and off the peg CPUs with an Intel EFI chip on it welcome to the matrix !
Medion is not strictly an EU product. They started selling them at ALDI's in the US as well (so far only desktops and "regular" laptops) but I would not be surprised to see the minis popping up at ALDI near you soon. Just sign up for their weekly specials (pretty good deals sometimes)
Maciek
Yet another mediocre "netbook"...
Pass.
If you think the netbook above is mediocre, just wait until you try to buy one of them. Aldi sell these as "specials" which means if you want one, you have to wait for the store to open on a Thursday morning. It's not exactly fun. At least I can pick up an Aspire One whenever I want!
Netbooks are getting boring. It should be called Mediocr
not good
I had a Medion Sim2000 and the paint wore off after the first 3 months... then it started to overheat, no matter how much I cleaned the laptop and re-installed the OS. Then after a year, the wifi died along with the power input and two of the USB ports.
I don't think I'll buy another Medion after that experience...
But that medion was probably not made by the same company as this one... This one is an MSI Wind.
I'm not sure if my comments are working. Nothing to see here if it actually shows up, just move on.