We were lucky enough to get our hands on the new Advent 4211 netbook today so we thought we would share the un-boxing of the unit so you can see for your self.
What the heck is an Advent 4211 netbook we hear you cry, well, to put it plainly it’s a MSI Wind that has been re-badged. We haven’t had the time to give it a full hand’s on review yet but expect one soon.
Last time we looked, the Advent 4211 was available all over the UK at PC World stores for reserve and collect or home delivery. Best of all it’s around £40 / $80 cheaper than the branded MSI Wind.
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But Be Quick
MSI Europe has managed to ship the first batch of their Wind Netbook to many European countries, demand is so high that they will most likely end up sold out as soon as they arrive.
MSI has managed to create good hype with this small but powerful netbook and it hit’s the sweet spot in the price department as well as having some advantages over Asus Eee PC 1000, its main rival.
10inch screens and batteries are two things that are extremely hard to come by these days. The first batch of Wind Notebooks will come with a rather 3-cell battery, but there are rumours that a version with a 6 cell battery might be available soon.
At present the 6 cell batteries are very hard to come by due to a huge fire in one of the largest China battery factories. 10 inch displays are also in short supply as the manufacturers of 10 inch displays prefer to sell these to much higher profitable car PCs and make more money from it.
So then, The MSI Wind netbook is shipping, but just how long it will be available remains to be seen.
We can’t wait to get our hands on one but the way things are going this might not be for a while yet.
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MSI Wind
Oh Yeah Baby.. we’ve fallen in love with the MSI Wind since it’s announcement and for good reason.
Whats Hot:
The MSI Wind has a 10.2 inch display which knocks out a pleasing 1,024×600 pixels. Like most of its competition it’s available with either Linux or Win XP. Both versions use a 1.6GHz N270 Intel Atom CPU which can be safely overclocked at the touch of a the F8 button. You also get an whopping 80GB hard drive, 802.11b/g wireless, and a 1.3 mega-pixel web-cam. The Linux version only gets 512MB of RAM, while the Win-XP model costing slightly more gets 1GB.
Whats Not Hot:
There’s very little wrong with the Wind. It’s reported that its only flaws are its mouse track-pad which is rather small and that it has no integrated 3G but we can live with that. Don’t expect to play 3D games on it. Other than that it’s the business.
When can I get it?
Around June-July 08. Pre-orders are available at many retailers now.
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