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Medion Akoya MD97310
Company: Medion

Pros: Noteworthy specifications; Built-in Blu-Ray drive; Abundance of software; Battery life

Cons: Piano finish prone to fingerprints; No multimedia hotkeys; Occasional hiccups with Blu-ray player when hooked up to HDTV; Cannot handle ‘hardcore’ games; Gets really hot


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"Aldi Turns Blu With Medion Offering"

By Mendelson Tiu | Published:2008-11-12

Users who want to watch high definition movies while on the go should go to their nearest Aldi store in the next couple of weeks. This supermarket chain is about to offer a Blu-ray notebook that not only has noteworthy specifications, but also sports a price tag that is hard to beat. The Smarthouse Team takes a look at the MD97310 from Medion...


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The Medion MD97310 sports the same piano black exterior (still prone to fingerprints), keyboard layout, and brushed aluminium interior as the MD96940 (to hyperlink) we reviewed in April, although this 17-incher is packed with better specifications.

The MD97310 uses an Intel Core 2 duo T5800 processor running at 2.0Ghz, has 4GB of RAM, and uses Nvidia's GeForce 8600M GS graphics card with 512MB GDDR2 memory. It also comes with a 320GB hard drive (Partitioned to Boot (271GB) and Recover (26GB)) for storing games, music, movies, and important documents.

The unit has an abundance of ports. The notebook comes with a 4-in-1 card reader, three different input and output jacks (microphone, headphone, and S/PDIF), an ExpressCard slot, an Ethernet port, a DVI-out port, an HDMI-out port, and four USB ports for optimum connectivity. The unit also has draft-N Wi-Fi built-in, giving users fast wireless connection anytime. The unit also comes with BD drive that plays Blu-ray discs, but more on that later.

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