When bling goes blong

Note to manufacturers: merely sticking on Swarovski Crystals does not a desirable gadget make. ‘Truly horrible’ was one description in the Stuff office for this monstrosity.Medion describe it as ‘an exclusive laptop aimed specifically at women’. If by women they mean magpies then they could have a hit on their hands. For what it’s worth, the pattern is made up of 300 separate Swarovski gems on the lid. The swirling flower also gets repeated on the trackpad – although not in crystal, thankfully.For all the crass design touches there’s actually a decent lappy hiding under there. A 1.7GHz Core Duo processor, a gig of RAM, a 100GB hard drive and a 12in widescreen XGA display, all in a compact frame. Still, if it’s all the same, we’ll pass.

Swarovski Notebook MD95977Price: £1,000 On sale: NowContact: MedionRelated stories:Gorenje fridge sparkles with Swarovski bling Loewe sculpts limited edition crystal TV Medion laptop born on cheapside

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website. Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.