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Windows 7 on Advent 4211 Reviewed

Windows 7 has been tested and deemed impressive on yet another netbook. This time round it’s the Advent 4211. As Windows 7 has previously been tested on the MSI Wind U100, it’s no surprise to read the results of Windows 7 on the 4211, which is a rebadged MSI Wind. The installation is described as [...]

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Wooden Effect for MSI Wind Clone

A member over at the msiwind.net forums named tankboyben has posted up pictures of their home designed netbook, a rebranded MSI Wind, the Advent 4211. The budding netbook designer has used wood effect sticky vinyl to cover the lid of the 4211 and to cover the trackpad too:

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Medion Akoya Mini Netbook Price Drop

Medion and Sainsbury’s have reduced the price of the Medion Akoya Mini netbook to £279 in the UK. That works out at around $480 for the MSI Wind U100 clone. The medion netbook is only available across Europe and comes complete with a 10.2 inch screen, an Intel Atom CPU, 1GB of memory and a [...]

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Advent 4212 coming soon

October will see the release of the Advent 4212 in the UK. The 4212 is the latest in the Advent line of netbooks with last week seeing the release of the 4213, and the 4211 prior to that. The specs of the Advent 4212 don’t match up with the 4213 and is reflected in it’s [...]

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Dixon’s Advent 4213 is Not a Netbook, Well Maybe

Remember the MSI-clone Advent 4211? Retailer Dixons, which is now known as DSGI has quietly released a bigger version of said netbook with called the Advent 4213. Although it may seem like your regular mini notebook, all features and specs of the Advent 4213 point to one thing – it’s still a netbook. Anyway, whatever [...]

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