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UK PC sales into the channel grew slightly in Q1, indicating that distributors have finally shifted the ageing inventory lingering from early 2011. More than three million units were shipped in the first three months of 2012, up 2.4 per cent on the same period a year ago, according to final numbers from bean counter Gartner …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Medion? Aldi?

    ""Lenovo was the major winner," said Atwal, "expansion of its Medion offerings enabled it to increase its share in the consumer PC market.""

    Do I take this to mean that increasingly significant numbers of the general public know they can get better value for money on ordinary PCs at Aldi rather than DSG/PC World?

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    1. DrXym
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      Re: Medion? Aldi?

      "Do I take this to mean that increasingly significant numbers of the general public know they can get better value for money on ordinary PCs at Aldi rather than DSG/PC World?"

      That's probably always been the case given how expensive PC World is. The downside of course is there is likely only one laptop / PC for sale at any time in LIDL / Aldi and who knows what kind of support or refund you get for the thing if it screws up or you want to return it.

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      1. Anonymous Coward
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        Re: Medion? Aldi?

        Actually support from Aldi is quite good over here in France.

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        1. P. Lee
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          Re: Medion? Aldi?

          Not sure about for PCs but in Oz, aldi seem to have a general no-questions-asked replacement policy and a decent warranty length.

          I suspect its due to them not wanting to spend time/money on support personnel, but if you're happy with that, you should be ok.

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      2. Tapeador
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        Re: Medion? Aldi?

        This might just be me speaking as a litigious bastard, but I think the culture of retail in the UK is such that refunds aren't something you're given, but something you have to take.

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  2. Silverburn

    What - no apple stats in the data?

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