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Bargain Buckets Forum - Aldi PC £629.99 - Blu-ray & HD-DVD 2/12/07 - Page 1
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That's an amazing spec for the money. Blu-ray and HD-DVD and a E6750 processor too.
Ste
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We will pay the price but we will not count the cost..
posted by Richard Lloyd on Saturday, 1st December 2007, 13:14
Competent
I guess the (combo?) Blu-ray and HD-DVD drive is the selling point here - Aldi's Medion PCs tend to have the "kitchen sink" thrown in them 
You can, of course, get quad core base units for 500-600 quid nowadays (e.g. Mesh Computers and CCL Computers).
I personally would far rather have a quad core processor and an extra or larger hard drive than a dual core processor and a Blu-Ray/HD-DVD drive any day (optical media is on its way out - flash and hard drives are the clear future).
Elite
Interesting. As technology progresses, it's just pushed on us as though we need it. eg there are very few apps that truly take advantage of two processors - and almost none that take advantage of 4... There are far more people ho would get use out of the blu-ray/hd-dvd drive than a different processor and the 6750 is a great processor anyway..
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Elite
Guess they held some back last week, offer again this Sunday, same PC
http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_4445.htm
posted by admars on Saturday, 15th December 2007, 18:02
Elite
Again this week!
I'm tempted to go there tomorrow just to see if they do have any!
posted by Chris Gould on Monday, 17th December 2007, 09:47
Elite
I really need the ability to take screen caps from BD and HD DVD, but I don't really have a spare £600 at the moment 
That said, the combo drive on its own costs almost £500 on Amazon so it's a good price.!
posted by jeffthegun on Monday, 17th December 2007, 10:59
Elite
You can plug the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive into a PC and use it as a USB drive and that 'only' costs a ton.
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posted by Chris Gould on Monday, 17th December 2007, 15:36
Elite
Yeah, I need BD and a new PC first though 
I looked at the specs for high-def playback and cried. My poor little Athlon XP systems are showing their age.
posted by retrogeezer on Monday, 17th December 2007, 17:37
Elite
2 Aldi's near me still have stock from the last time this was on....
why take life so seriously..its not like you are going to make it out alive
