Medion Akoya E15303
Two-minute review An affordable laptop with plenty of processing power and a modicum of portability, that’s what the Medion Akoya E15303 promises. Granted, the branding isn’t exactly inspirational. Nor is the anonymous chassis design. But if the features and performance are there, well, that’s surely what matters. This version of Medion’s 15.4-inch portable rolls with AMD power. You can snag one with a six-core AMD Ryzen 5 CPUn for under £500, which is impressive enough. But this eight-core beast rocks in at around £580. That’s remarkably affordable for such a powerful machine. Elsewhere, you get 8GB of DDR4 memory, which is enough for mainstream multitasking, and fully 512GB of solid-state storage. Again, that’s a promising all-round feature set at this price level. Then there’s the screen. It’s a 15.4-inch IPS panel with 1080p resolution or 1,920 by 1,080 pixels and sports IPS technology for superior colours and viewing angles. So far, so good, right? Indeed. From here, however...