Laptops Arena

Medion Akoya laptops are not in the tops of most wanted portable computers, or at least I didn’t find their models in the first 5 high-rated laptops, but the company has released a new one and I planned to tell you a few words about it, as I don’t like to miss any laptop. So let’s see… it is about the new Medion Akoya S5610 with a 15.4-inch TFT WXGA widescreen display, powered by an Intel Centrino 2 processor, more exactly the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P7350, and integrates 3GB DDR2 RAM memory, 320GB HDD storage capacity, while running on the Windows Vista Home Premium operating system, which comes pre-installed with the Service Pack 1 and the new Media Centre interface.

It is available in stores since August 7 and you can purchase it from Sainsbury, if you are a Medion fan living in the United Kingdom. Medion Akoya S5610 operates at 2GHz speeds with 3MB L2 Cache and 1,066 MHz FSB, thanks to the latest Intel processor technology that enables fast multi-tasking for intensive applications such as HD video encoding. In addition, the new processors have a smart power management improving battery life, and support the latest wireless draft N technology.
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The integrated DVD-RW with 8x speed and Dual Layer support allows you to burn your movie collection and song playlists on CDs and DVD disks, while the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 graphics card with DirectX 10 support, 256 MB GDDR2 memory and HDMI port, not only supports the latest video games, ensuring high-clarity images for the videos, but also allows you to view High Definition content on an external HDTV panel via a HDMI cable. You can easily connect Blu-ray or HD-DVD videos to the laptop and watch the action in full 1080p resolution, while the Unified Video Decoder frees the central processing unit of other demanding tasks running in the background. Other connectivity ports include dual-link DVI and DisplayPort.

For security, the Medion Akoya S5610 comes with a fingerprint identification scanner, and other elements designed to enhance your mobile experience include Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100AGN for up to 300Mbit/s transfers, built-in 1.3MP web camera with microphone, eSATA port, 2 built-in loudspeakers, 6-channel audio, a 4-in-1 card reader, GBit Ethernet LAN port, 2 USBs, and several software applications.

The price set for HDMI output laptop is of £499.99.

These mini laptop computers are the latest addition to the Medion Akoya line, and are characterized by 10-inch large displays, elegant design with rounded edges and high-speed wireless connectivity with support for the upcoming IEEE-802.11 draft N technology, which enables 300Mbit/s data rates.

Available at around $500 in Europe, Medion Akoya Mini, also called E1210 Netbook, comes with built-in web camera for video conferences on the go, microphone, stereo loudspeakers for sound enhancements, and a high Thin Film Transistor screen resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels.
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It is powered by the Intel Atom N270 processor providing operating speeds of up to 1.60GHz, with 512KB L2 cache and 533 MHz FSB, while running on the Genuine Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition operating system, which comes pre-installed on the laptop with SP3/OEM version.
It supports Windows Vista but it won’t run it as it should because of the 1GB DDR2 RAM memory, which is not enough, and here is 80GB HDD storage capacity for your files. In addition, Medion provides also advanced software like Corel, WordPerfect, Office X3 and BullGuard Internet Security.

Other features include USB 2.0 ports, multi-card reader, the Graphics Media Accelerator 950, and 3 years warranty.

MEDION is a large company founded in Germany, which is specialized in modern consumer electronics such as PCs, TV sets, refrigerators and fitness equipment, and recently it made available its latest notebook model called Akoya MD 96350.



The notebook is a powerful system running on the Vista Home Premium platform using the Intel Core2 Duo processor T5250 with 1.5 GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache, and 667 MHz FSB.
Having a large 2048MB Ram memory and the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with the PCI-Express Technology, you can easily turn your room into a gaming area together with your friends, and take advantage of the 3D gaming performance of this notebook that will surely provide realistic visual effects.
And not just that. The model has 160GB of hard disk space allowing you to store up to 30,000 songs and photos, or if you like, over 100 hours of video files.



Then comes the built-in webcam with microphone, a fingerprint sensor and the DVD-RW.
The system includes a TV tuner for digital and analogue television to watch your preferred TV shows on the 15-inch TFT Widescreen XGA display at a resolution of 1280x800 pixels.
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As connectivity options, Akoya MD 96350 comes with the e-SATA connection type for high performance and reliability when transferring data.
More than that, there is the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945, wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g, for up to 54 Mbit/s speeds to let you download your emails and browse the Internet at high speeds.



As the rest of the notebooks these days this model has a 4-in-1 memory card reader with support for SD, MMC, MemoryStick and MemoryStick Pro memory card types.
You can find this notebook at a price of 800 Euro.