Medion Akoya S4216 Series

Medion Akoya S4216 MD 99080

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Average Score: 81% - good

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87% Windows 8 Ultrabook-Schnäppchen von ALDI
Source: Notebookinfo DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/22/2012
Rating: Total score: 87% performance: 80% display: 70% mobility: 100% ergonomy: 85% emissions: 95%

75% Aldi-Ultrabook im Test: Medion Akoya S4216 - der günstige Wandler
Source: Onlinekosten.de DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/20/2012
Rating: Total score: 75% performance: 73% features: 80% display: 80% mobility: 75% workmanship: 50% ergonomy: 60%

Medion Akoya S4216-MD99081

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Average Score: 60% - poor

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60% Medion Akoya S4216 (MD 99081) Windows 8 Ultrabook
Source: Good Gear Guide Archive.org version
While the Medion Akoya S4216 (MD 99081) is an interesting Ultrabook, to be sure, the overall build quality is very much on par with the price point. It just doesn't feel solid and the culprit here is the keyboard, which bounces very noticeably as its keys are hit. That said, if you value specs and features more than input devices, then the Akoya is a champ.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/16/2012
Rating: Total score: 60%

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Aldi-Ultrabook
Source: PC Welt DE→EN Archive.org version
Positive: low price; fast performance; extensive equipment Negative: deficient workmanship and ergonomy
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/22/2012

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Medion: Medion AG is a German consumer electronics company. It operates in Europe, the United States, and the Asia-Pacific region. The main products are computers, TVs, refrigerators, toasters, and fitness equipment. The manufacturer of laptops Medion mainly is active in the German market, but to smaller extent also in Western Europe. Market shares and amount of reviews are low. Above all, supermarkets like Aldi sell their laptops. In 2011, Medion has been acquired by the laptop manufacturer Lenovo.

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Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.

Intel HD Graphics 4000: Processor graphics card in the high end Ivy Bridge models. Offers a different clock speed in the different CPU models (ULV to desktop quad core) and therefore a different performance.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Core i3:

3217U: Ivy-Bridge-based ULV-CPU in Q2 2012. Offers a core clock of 1.8 GHz (no Turbo Boost) and an HD 4000 GPU (350 - 1050 MHz). The TDP is rated at 17 W.

Intel Core i5:

3317U: Ivy-Bridge-based ULV-CPU in Q2 2012. Offers a core clock of 1.7 - 2.6 GHz and an HD 4000 GPU (350 - 1050 MHz). The TDP is rated at 17 W.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

14.00:

14 inch display size represents a middle ground between the small subnotebook formats and the screens of the standard 15 inch laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, provides good resolutions with usable detail sizes, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact. 

In the past, 14-inch devices were very rare, but now they are the standard for laptops after the 15-inchers. 

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

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74%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.

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