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AlDI PCs @£699 Questions

G Roberts (Competent) posted this on Monday, 8th April 2002, 20:04

I notice that on the forum of the aldi pc for 699 there is no mention of what speed the cd rom drive is also i was wondering if anyone could tell me when these pcs are going on sale and i was just wondering could you hook a vcr up to one of these pcs

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G Roberts (Competent) posted this on Monday, 8th April 2002, 20:06

I forgot to ask as well is there a Modem fitted with this PC

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Paull (Elite) posted this on Monday, 8th April 2002, 20:26

Its a DVD ROM 16X

Also SONY Re Writer...24/10/40

Yes it has a Modem

You can connect a video to it, You can connect almost anything to it.

RE: AlDI PCs @£699 Questions

clayts (Elite) posted this on Monday, 8th April 2002, 22:26

They go on sale on Thursday : queue up early !

Full spec :

2 Gig Pentium 4
Nvidia Geforce 4 MX 460 graphucs card with TV out/video in
Sony CD rewriter 24x 10x 40x
Unspecified DVD-ROM 16x
Seagate 80gig HD
Siemens 256MB DDR SDRAM
Unspecified 6-channel Dolby Digital audio controller

Connections
Firewire : 1 front, 2 rear
USB : 2 front and 2 rear
S-Video : front input, rear output
Audio input : front and rear
Microphone input : front
Compsite : front input, rear output
Monitors : two rear connecting ports (ie 2 monitors !)
Modem : one rear connecting port
LAN : one connection

Software
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Works Suite 2001
Power DVD
Power Director
Power VCR
Media Show SE
Videolive Mall
MusicMatch Jukebox
AOL 100 hrs free trial
Nero 5

No monitor though, although they are selling a 17" Medion FST, 98kHz, 1600x1200 max res for £99

Other stuffy whatnot :

Multimedia StereoActive speakers £7.99
Medion USB Colour Flatbed Scanner (600 x 1200) £39.99
HP916C Deskjet Printer £69.99
3 in 1 USB Digital Camera : 1.3 megapixel/2 x 16Mb Memory : Digital camera, video camera and webcam all in one £69.99

Oh and 40 antibacterial wipes for 99p :-)

RE: AlDI PCs @£699 Questions

Paull (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 9th April 2002, 08:26

Oh and 40 antibacterial wipes for 99p :-)

At least we can keep it clean!!!!

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clunesy (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Wednesday, 10th April 2002, 15:00

sorry to be a total nerd - but can somebody please go into the device manager and give me the EXACT model number of the DVD and CDRW?

this would be really helpful - thanks.

if you`re wondering why - see http://www.cdspeed2000.com

ta

clunes

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mew (Competent) posted this on Wednesday, 10th April 2002, 16:10

On the Old PC, It`s a Sony CD Re Writer not sure on the exact modal and an unbranded drive which seems to be an Artec one. (Multi Region hackable if it is).

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