Medion 14 Inch Notebook MD63780
Full review coming soon..............My advice is to buy it before it is sold out. You won't see a bargain like this for a while!
What other laptops I was looking at:
The MD63780 has a Ryzen 3 4300U 4 core processor but for £379.99 with similar specs to the laptop I was looking at it compares well.
- Asus Vivobook M4311A 14" AMD Ryzen 5 4300U - 6 core £549,99 - Currys PCWorld.
- ASUS ZenBook 14 UM433IQ-A5037T 14" Laptop - AMD Ryzen 5 4300U - 6 core, 256 GB SSD, Grey - £649 Curry's PCWorld.
- DELL Inspiron 14 5405 14" Laptop - AMD Ryzen 5 4300U - 6 core, 256 GB SSD, Silver - £549,99 - Currys PCWorld.
Aldi's Medion brand are actually manufactured by Lenovo. This seems quite fitting as I am replacing a Lenovo Yoga 2-in-1 laptop that has a cracked screen. My old Lenovo Yoga 400 has an Intel 3825U processor and 4G of memory, the MD63780 has the AMD Ryen 3 4300U (4 core) and 8G of memory. The Medion should be faster.
Looking at the performance specs for the AMD Ryzen 3 4300U and the AMD Ryzen 5 4300U there doesn't seem to be that much difference between the two despite that the Ryzen 3 is a quad-core and the Ryzen 5 is a hex-core. The fact that they both have the designation 4300U is a puzzle to me.
I was staying away from Intel processors as I believe that you can get a Ryzen 5 laptop for the price of an Intel i3 equiped model. The performance of the Ryzen 5 4300U is getting close or surpasses some Intel i7 chips. I would say that there is at least a £150 premium for an Intel powered laptop.
Windows 10 in S Mode
The first thing that I was going to do was to switch from S-Mode to Windows 10 Home. My intention is to run Notepad++ and Filezilla.
I want to use the MD63780 to maintain tempusfugit.me.uk and other websites. The Microsoft Store shows that it has both of the applications as apps that can be installed in S-Mode. I also see that there is a free version of VLC, Media Player, as I will want to view 4k videos.
The switch to Home is one-way but if if it doesn't work then the laptop will be returned to Aldi. It will then be their problem to return it to S-Mode.
On-line reviews
The purpose of this post is not a desire to participate in a review forum that posts reviews of "hotdeals" and speculation of whether the laptop "is any good". What the laptop is similar to with repect to the fan being on all the time and what Lenovo model it is similar to. How it compares to a previous model that is a completely different spec that someone bought for their son.
I am using this as an experiment in SEO and a check to see how quickly Google indexes the page. How many Impressions it generates and if they are converted to Clicks.