Medion X7821 Erazer

My old TU / e laptop gave up after five years, unfortunately the mind. A screen hinge was broken due to a production error, but did the TU / e, as they like to do, very hard warranty. I was self-blame, because the site was a post about the production error with the message that you could make check. Preventive Nice then. I went looking for a new and the choice fell on the Medion X7821 Erazer. I bought it as a second-hand car, but he was as good as new. He is a bit bigger than I had in mind, but it is, or even a real animal. In this review I'm talking mostly about my experiences as a user. The specs and the like are easy to find on the internet, so I'm not going to repeat it here. Appearance and impress the Erazer is a real eyecatcher. It starts at the back of the monitor. There are two oblique white illuminated lines, who remind me of horns of a demon or something. I think it's cool and it is regularly made ​​a remark about, especially when I had him pass. further on the inside, the touchpad, aan.uit button and the speakers blue lighting. Furthermore, in addition to the on / off button a few "function keys" (not the correct name) to run as the fan or harder to turn. Airplane mode These lights blue. The whole thing looks impressive from. The laptop also consists mostly of brushed black plastic that feels firm. Yet there are some downsides. The lamp for my Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are both dead, after about two months of use. Then there is the touchpad. Of this I felt after about half a year that it occasionally hangs beginning signs of wear. Anything halfway Fortunately this is easily solved by simply tapping on the touchpad or an external mouse. On Finally, I must note that the bezel seems to have little slack. Left was he even once little bit loose, but when I clicked it back together it was good. It is perhaps a truism to a 17.3 "laptop with these specs, but the laptop is heavy. It weighs 3.8kg and it shows. He's just a lot heavier as most laptops. That went quickly and usually I notice it only when I have another laptop shortly after lifting. With transportation but you notice it. A good backpack is therefore indispensable and after about fifteen minutes, you start to feel anyway him. Currently I use a backpack from Case Logic (which I will write a review about) and it suits well. Not only is the laptop heavy, it is also great, especially thickness concerned. If you work alongside another laptop is really good on this laptop a beast of a thing. I do not really problems. Indeed, I find it really fit the look and hardware. A beast terms of specs and a beast in size. weight to me is more an issue. hardware I'm not too extensively with the hardware, but I just wanted some things that stand out to me to discuss with its use. Firstly, the hard disk a seagate spinpoint m8. Who broke down in the first month. I replaced with an equivalent disk itself and does it well. Secondly, the SSD. The SSD in this thing is really great. In conjunction with Windows 8 (the default is installed) gives you boot times of less than 10 seconds! Fast! Absolutely great! Then there is the battery life. This is truly exceptional in my opinion. Screen brightness slightly down, power saving, and you can get 6 hours. This is possible thanks to Nvidia Optimus. Here, the Intel HD GPU sends the monitor screen and the Nvidia card only enabled for example games. Even if the Nvidia card is turned still sends the Intel HD GPU the screen. Screen The screen I can be fairly briefly. It has a 17.3 "Full HD Edge-lit screen. The screen brightness can be fairly high, higher than the average laptop, but unfortunately I can not measure. Also, the color reproduction can not measure, but seems to be good though I have absolutely no expert am. Software The Erazer comes with Windows 8 preinstalled, with also some programs installed, but because the install discs included are it's easy to do. a clean install Windows 8 I will not go reviewing, that's enough done. But I have a comment about Linux. It took me quite some effort to Linux, specifically Xubuntu, to get this laptop. to working on the Ubuntu forum about finding a thread (username is there Bliepo32) . However, it is to do, but it takes a little more effort. You can even get up and running with Secure Boot. I'm once again posting on the Ubuntu forum, but I have not done that you can feel free to send PM.