This morning bright and early 6:45 I headed out to an Aldi on the otherside of town to queue to get into a discount store mainly known for selling cheap as chips bake beans.
In my pocket was the equivilent of £999. I went to buy a Gericom Laptop:
15" TFT (1400x1050)
3.06GHz, mobile intel P4, enhanced speed step and hyperthreading.
512 MB DDR RAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX5600, 128MB Ram
60GB HDD
DVD Burner/CD burner
4 x USB 2
Firewire
Wireless Lan
Standard LAN and modem
TV OUT, S video, etc. etc.
PS/2 port
Card reader
Woo! £999 and I am not joking. Nearest competitor is probably £1350. A trump card is 2 years theft and accidental damage warrenty.
Who are Gericom? The 5th largest manufacturer of laptops in Europe, sponsor of Moto GP (this is their official notebook), sponsor of suzuki and kawasaki etc. So, good brand just unknown in this country until now.
Am I happy with it? Very much so. Bad points: heavy (3.5kg) but I guess you have to expect this considering the facilities. The PSU is also large which is annoying. The free carry case is rather cheapy.
Apart from that, woh! You can't buy anything anywhere near as good for this money.
if you want one, they sold out 10 mins after opening (maybe due to glowing review in computer active and other magazines) and each store only had 8. However, go to your local Aldi and they will have order forms! If you don't mind waiting a few weeks you can have all that.
I am very impressed, who cares that you have to go to Aldi to get it. I don't!
Paul
In my pocket was the equivilent of £999. I went to buy a Gericom Laptop:
15" TFT (1400x1050)
3.06GHz, mobile intel P4, enhanced speed step and hyperthreading.
512 MB DDR RAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX5600, 128MB Ram
60GB HDD
DVD Burner/CD burner
4 x USB 2
Firewire
Wireless Lan
Standard LAN and modem
TV OUT, S video, etc. etc.
PS/2 port
Card reader
Woo! £999 and I am not joking. Nearest competitor is probably £1350. A trump card is 2 years theft and accidental damage warrenty.
Who are Gericom? The 5th largest manufacturer of laptops in Europe, sponsor of Moto GP (this is their official notebook), sponsor of suzuki and kawasaki etc. So, good brand just unknown in this country until now.
Am I happy with it? Very much so. Bad points: heavy (3.5kg) but I guess you have to expect this considering the facilities. The PSU is also large which is annoying. The free carry case is rather cheapy.
Apart from that, woh! You can't buy anything anywhere near as good for this money.
if you want one, they sold out 10 mins after opening (maybe due to glowing review in computer active and other magazines) and each store only had 8. However, go to your local Aldi and they will have order forms! If you don't mind waiting a few weeks you can have all that.
I am very impressed, who cares that you have to go to Aldi to get it. I don't!
Paul