15.6-inch Notebook Akoya E6424 from April 28 for 599 Euro at Aldi Nord

Aldi Nord offers from April 28 again at a Medion notebook. The 15.6-inch model Akoya E6424 (MD99850)15.6-inch Notebook Akoya E6424 from April 28 for 599 Euro at Aldi NordAkoya E6424 (MD99850) integrates a Full HD screen, a Core i5 processor from Intel's latest processor generation Skylake and a made of a hard drive and SSD data storage combination. The operating system is Windows 10 Home. With a price of 599 euros it costs as much as in October 2015 nationwide Aldi offered Medion Akoya E6418. Except for a less powerful processor latter was compared with the current notebook model almost identical features.
The employed in the Akoya E6424 Intel Core i5-6267U processor has a base clock of 2.9 GHz and a Turbo of up to 3.3 GHz. Thus, he works 0.2 GHz faster than the Core i5-5257U the Akoya E6418. He can access unchanged 6 GB of RAM. Data can be stored on a 1TB HDD and large on a 128 GByte SSD. The latter thus provides enough space for the operating system and frequently used applications.
The non-glare IPS display offers a resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels. In Controls will of the recent Intel GPU Iris 550, which is more powerful than the built-in numerous other Skylake processors graphics unit. Such is approximately at the level discrete graphics chips entry level as the graphics card Nvidia Geforce 930M. Consequently, it is also suitable for current games without complex 3D graphics computation. The sound output directly at the device to take two certified by Dolby audio speakers.
Except for a Gigabit Ethernet port and dual-band WLAN standard 802.11ac, the notebook offers a Bluetooth 4.1 interface. On board also are two USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 ports. Also available are an HDMI and VGA output, and a multi-card reader for SDXC memory cards. Headphone and microphone can be used via a combo audio port.
The power supply of 38 times 26 centimeters wide, 2.5 centimeters thick and 2.3 kilogram Akoya E6424 accepts a four-cell lithium ion battery with 44 Wh. According to the manufacturer, it allows for up to four hours.

A HD webcam complements the setting with a microphone and a dual-layer DVD burner. A click pad can supplement the keyboard, can be called up with the basic operating system functions using gesture control. Medion wants to make up for the lack of a touch screen.
In addition to the operating system Windows 10 Home, are included in terms of software download a free trial version of Office 365 and the popular multimedia package of Medion. The latter includes the individual programs PowerDirector, Power2Go, PowerDVD, PhotoDirector, and YouCam. Preinstalled besides unspecified Windows 10 apps a 30-day trial of McAfee Live Safe. Anyone who has purchased a license for another security software can delete the program with the Consumer Product Removal Tool McAfee. As on all his sold through Aldi Medion devices are three-year warranty.
An alternative to the Akoya E6424 is, for example, the Toshiba Satellite L50-C-24Z, which Amazon is available for 599 euros currently also. It comes in a similar configuration; the Intel Core i5-6200U CPU, a Full HD display, 6 GB of RAM and Windows includes 10 Home among others. Advantages include separate Geforce 930M graphics unit and a longer battery life. However, the Toshiba laptop is not a true SSD, but only a hybrid drive (SSHD) a total of 1008 GB capacity.