Aldi Nord will take effect from December 3rd 2020 three notebooks in the program. The cheapest device costs just once 200 euros and is intended for schoolchildren. For 600 Euro there is an attractively priced Tiger Lake model in the starting blocks.

Inside the Cheap notebooks Akoya E 11202 is Intel’s Celeron N mobile processor 3450 with four atom cores (1.1–2.2 GHz) for office tasks should be enough. In addition, there are 4 GB of RAM and 64 GByte eMMC flash memory, on the manufacturer Medion Windows 10 Home pre-installed in S mode. The latter allows the installation of apps from the Windows Store.

Drop-proof and waterproof The plastic housing looks a bit old-fashioned, but according to Medion it should withstand falls from a height of one meter. Keyboard and trackpad are also up to 71 Cubic centimeter water resistant. The TN display is 11, 6 inches tall and represents 1366 × 768 pixels.

Two USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 GBit / s) connections are available , including a Type-C port, one USB 2.0, an audio combo jack for connecting a headset and an HDMI output. The mass storage device can be expanded using a micro SD card reader. The Akoya E 11202 transmits via Wi-Fi 5 (WLAN 802. 11 ac) and Bluetooth 4.2 and weighs just under 1.2 kg.

Medion Akoya E 11202, S 15450 and Erazer Defender 10 (30 Photos) Akoya E 11202

(Image: Medion) Tiger Lake Notebook with a good price-performance ratio For 600 Euro, Aldi offers one of the cheapest notebooks with Int els four-core Tiger Lake processor Core i5 – 1115 G7 on. A full-fledged Windows 01 Home is with the Akoya S 15450 on a 512 GByte SSD pre-installed, plus 8 GByte DDR4 – 3200 – RAM (dual-channel, two SO-DIMMs). The IPS display measures 11, 6 inches, represents 1920 × 1080 Pixel (Full HD) and lights up with 300 cd / m² – most of the other screens in this price range only offer 250 cd / m².

Medion does without Thunderbolt 4 in the Akoya S 15450, instead there is USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbit / s) with Type-C connection and DisplayPort Altmode. There are also two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A (5 GBit / s), HDMI output, audio combo jack and SD card reader. Wi-Fi 6 (WLAN 802. 11 ax) and Bluetooth 5.1 are on board. In the aluminum housing there is a permanently installed 42, 6 Wh battery; the notebook weighs 1.8 kg.

Competitive models with core i7 – 1165 G7 only start at 750 Euro . Cheaper Tiger Lake notebooks rely on the slower Core i3 processors – 1115 G4 or Core i5 – 1135 G7 and some come with smaller SSDs.

Aldi Nord will sell the Erazer Defender in a performance class higher up on December 3rd 10 For 950 Euro. The notebook combines Intel’s four-core Core i5 – 10300 H with Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GByte GDDR6), a 1 TByte PCI Express SSD and 16 GByte DDR4 – 2933-R.A.M. Among other things, Wi-Fi 6 and USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C (10 GBit / s) are included.

Aldi has confirmed the final prices; we have adjusted the message accordingly.

[Update, 23.11.20, 15:00 Uhr:] Correction: Medion installs Intel’s Core i5 – 1135 G7 instead of the Core i7 – 1165 G7. The first CPU has 4 MB less level 3 cache and reaches a maximum of 4.2 instead of 4.7 GHz. In addition, Aldi submitted information on the display brightness on request: Up to 250 cd / m² are good for the price range. (mma)