I bought a Medion 5400 from Aldi (grocery store!)
2.53 GHz P4, 256Mb DDR ram, 40gig drive, 4xUSB, Firewire, IR port, serial, parallel, monitor and PS2 ports, on-board 10/100 ethernet, 56k fax/data modem, separate type 2 PCMCIA slot (ie, not used by the modem, which is mounted in a separate compartment), RCA TV-out socket, NVIDIA GeForce4 440 64Mb video, 14 inch XGA 1024x768 TFT display, CD R-W/DVD combo (not sure of the speed - didn't care when I saw the rest of the specs and the price) and the neatest touchpad and driver software I have ever used. XP Home and heaps of non-proprietary, licenced software included.
$3000 ozzie dollars. WHC, approx. half that in GBP or Euro. (Just checked the Medion German website - 1649 Euro)
I think it was a steal of a deal - looking at current ads in Oz computer and general press, anything else that comes close costs at least 50% more. One very happy Prooner.
Medion has a number of websites. Try
www.medion.com and take your pick from there.
It's a desktop processor. About 90 min per charge, but I use it as a desktop with mains power so that's not an issue for me.
Haven't tried dropping it on a concrete (or carpeted) floor, and the only surfing it has done has been on the web, but at this stage I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Cheers
AA