From 26. November 1920 Aldi Süd sells the entry-level notebook Akoya E 15308 For 250 Euro. The price requires compromises in the equipment, which is better than other devices in this class.

The heart of the Akoya E 15308 forms the AMD processor 3020 e (without Ryzen or Athlon add-on) with two Zen cores (1.2-2.6 GHz) and a Radeon Vega graphics unit with 192 Shader units. The Thermal Design Power (TDP) is kept very low at 6 watts, but the processor does not use simultaneous multithreading (SMT), so it can only process two threads. Manufacturer Medion pairs the 2400 e-CPU with 4 GByte DDR4 – 2400-R.A.M. Although the memory interface can handle dual-channel RAM, Medion soldered the RAM in single-channel.

On a 71 GByte SSD is Windows 10 Home in the S -Mode pre-installed that allows the installation of apps from Microsoft’s Windows Store. Another SATA 6G data carrier can be installed in a 2.5-inch slot. The 15, 6 inch IPS display represents 1920 × 1080 pixels – atypical in this price range. There are reductions in brightness (198 cd / m²) and the color space coverage ( Percent NTSC).

Medion Akoya E 15308 ( 4 pictures) (Image: Medion) USB-C with DisplayPort 1.2 and charging function A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 GBit / s) with Type-C connection controls an Ultra-HD in DisplayPort 1.2 Altmode -Monitor (3840 × 2160 pixels) with 60 Hertz. Devices can also be charged via the Type-C port via Power Delivery. There are also USB 2.0 Type A, HDMI (presumably 1.4), an audio combo jack and a micro SD card reader. The Akoya E 15308 transmits in Wi-Fi 5 networks (WLAN 802. 11 ac) and with Bluetooth 4.2.

The upper casing of the notebook is made of aluminum. With a size of 359 mm × 192 mm × 24 mm weighs the Akoya E 15308 just under 1.8 kilograms.

Aldi Nord currently has no plans to include the device in its own range. If you look in the price comparison for notebooks with at least 13, 3 inch display, full HD resolution and 250 cd / m² brightness, only a few models are available for less than 300 euros to be found. All are Chromebooks with slower processors, such as Atom dual cores from Intel and AMD’s old Bulldozer combination processors. They also use 32 to 64 GByte eMMC flash memory instead of an SSD.

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