The Akoya E6221 Medion addresses a problem that is fairly simple: offer a low cost machine, but equipped with latest components, namely a platform Sandy Bridge Intel in order to overcome the routine office tasks no problem. Little more, it must be expected because, without graphics card, 15.6-inch laptop should quickly show its limitations.
reality
The Akoya E6221 is first noticed for his new chassis ... gloss black! First offense since then retains fingerprints to perfection. Even coating for the touch pad that, as a bonus, offers a smooth gliding sensation. Not very pleasant. The keys on the keyboard so chiclet not compete with the giants that offer the kind (Asus, Sony, Apple, Samsung, etc..), but we must recognize that they have the merit of being well separated, limiting of all the typos. To finish the design, the second bad taste in our view, concerns the speakers. Medion hides them in a round grate tiny, too small (2 cm in diameter) rimmed chrome. The result is almost immediate: it seems to have before me a machine with an audio device ultraminimaliste. In fact, this device provides stereo quality classic, very powerful and with little detail.
Medion Akoya E6221: a desktop
Using an integrated graphics chip (Intel HD 3000), the Akoya E6221 has nothing of a game machine Our software testing confirmed. This Akoya struggling to reach the ten frames per second in native resolution (1366 x 768 pixels), even with a game not really demanding in resources ( Resident Evil).
However, his power is more than enough for office and multimedia use in everyday life. Score high enough, resulting in PCMark Vantage (5181 points) confirms the good behavior of the machine for office use. It is now a classic, but we appreciate the presence of Microsoft Office Starter allowing use Word and Excel in versions for free.
We would have liked his slab is a bit brighter and certainly more varied. We measured respectively 213 cd / m² and 473:1, the contrast is rather low. However, it has the great benefit of getting treatment that avoids glare matte so unpleasant to the eye. So, got used to it pretty easily.
Always look on the desktop and multimedia, we regret that the disk capacity is only 500 GB Although it already offers enough to store countless pictures, movies and music, we would have preferred to opt for a Medion 640 GB model Again, this hitch is offset by a pleasant surprise since this laptop has two USB 3.0 ports (and two USB 2.0) can accommodate an external storage unit very quickly.
Overall nice ... no more
The Akoya E6221 is generally pleasant to use. It does not heat or too over the top (we measured 35 degrees max on the palm rest) nor too far below (39.2 degrees max.). We talked about the comfortable keyboard, complemented by a series of touch-sensitive - above the keyboard - to activate or turn off the Wi-Fi, driving the music or adjust volume with one click. This 15-inch notebook also offers a range of good three hours of video playback with the Wi-Fi enabled.
the verdict
The Akoya E6221 Medion could be a laptop a good value for money. If the configuration is the road - despite a storage capacity that would have liked a little more important - his design that is somewhat unfavorable. The glossy black chassis is very messy and the minimalist look of its speakers is not very flattering. Bestow three stars for this product which is a segment where competition is fierce.
reality
The Akoya E6221 is first noticed for his new chassis ... gloss black! First offense since then retains fingerprints to perfection. Even coating for the touch pad that, as a bonus, offers a smooth gliding sensation. Not very pleasant. The keys on the keyboard so chiclet not compete with the giants that offer the kind (Asus, Sony, Apple, Samsung, etc..), but we must recognize that they have the merit of being well separated, limiting of all the typos. To finish the design, the second bad taste in our view, concerns the speakers. Medion hides them in a round grate tiny, too small (2 cm in diameter) rimmed chrome. The result is almost immediate: it seems to have before me a machine with an audio device ultraminimaliste. In fact, this device provides stereo quality classic, very powerful and with little detail.
Medion Akoya E6221: a desktop
Using an integrated graphics chip (Intel HD 3000), the Akoya E6221 has nothing of a game machine Our software testing confirmed. This Akoya struggling to reach the ten frames per second in native resolution (1366 x 768 pixels), even with a game not really demanding in resources ( Resident Evil).
However, his power is more than enough for office and multimedia use in everyday life. Score high enough, resulting in PCMark Vantage (5181 points) confirms the good behavior of the machine for office use. It is now a classic, but we appreciate the presence of Microsoft Office Starter allowing use Word and Excel in versions for free.
We would have liked his slab is a bit brighter and certainly more varied. We measured respectively 213 cd / m² and 473:1, the contrast is rather low. However, it has the great benefit of getting treatment that avoids glare matte so unpleasant to the eye. So, got used to it pretty easily.
Always look on the desktop and multimedia, we regret that the disk capacity is only 500 GB Although it already offers enough to store countless pictures, movies and music, we would have preferred to opt for a Medion 640 GB model Again, this hitch is offset by a pleasant surprise since this laptop has two USB 3.0 ports (and two USB 2.0) can accommodate an external storage unit very quickly.
Overall nice ... no more
The Akoya E6221 is generally pleasant to use. It does not heat or too over the top (we measured 35 degrees max on the palm rest) nor too far below (39.2 degrees max.). We talked about the comfortable keyboard, complemented by a series of touch-sensitive - above the keyboard - to activate or turn off the Wi-Fi, driving the music or adjust volume with one click. This 15-inch notebook also offers a range of good three hours of video playback with the Wi-Fi enabled.
the verdict
The Akoya E6221 Medion could be a laptop a good value for money. If the configuration is the road - despite a storage capacity that would have liked a little more important - his design that is somewhat unfavorable. The glossy black chassis is very messy and the minimalist look of its speakers is not very flattering. Bestow three stars for this product which is a segment where competition is fierce.
