Windows 7 on Advent 4211 Reviewed

January 28, 2009 7 Comments

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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 being quick and easy, with Windows 7 up and running within 30 minutes. Once installed the Wifi drivers needed to be downloaded and installed if you plan to browse the net wirelessly. The System Control Manager, which provides on screen details on the brightness, volume and whether bluetooth and wifi are switched on, is also an additional download if you wish to keep this feature on Windows 7.

GamezandGadgetz soon put the netbook to the test by firing up several Firefox windows, Adobe Photoshop, Windows Media Player as well as Windows Live applications. The netbook took all these tasks easily, with the only problems occurring while using Winrar. Desktop Preview is also reported to run smoothly, even with all of the above applications open.

For those unfamiliar with the Advent 4211, a UK exclusive netbook, GamezandGadgetz have also posted a review up on the netbook shortly before the results of Windows 7 on the netbook were posted. Featuring the same specifications as the MSI Wind, the netbook retails for £280 from UK retailer PC World, which is slightly higher than other netbooks. The review states that the extra price difference really is worth it though as it features a familiar operating system, a good hard drive size as well as a good screen size and sturdy keyboard. Installing Windows 7 has only made the netbook even better.

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  • http://www.sonybrands.com Steph

    Windows 7 looks pretty good. Nice wallpaper :D

  • http://syscata.wordpress.com Syscata

    With win7, Did MSI Wind run faster?

  • http://gtasector.com Bob

    Ran faster for me, I tried it on my MSI Wind and once I got the drivers sorted out – easy – I was very happy with it – quicker and better than XP or Vista on the Wind. Great article!

  • http://www.gamezandgadgetz.com GamezandGadgetz

    It was running at the same speed as XP, with some things quicker, but over the last day or two it has slowed down a bit, and more lag, but it’s still a great Operating System. I’m torn between returning to XP and waiting till the final release of Windows 7, or just keeping it. I havent had chance to try it on my desktop yet to see how it runs on there, far too much stuff to back up :s.

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  • http://www.twitter.com/ukjtf01 James Fletcher

    hey folks… looks good been thinking about doing this myself this weekend.

    However i don’t have a external cd drive, any suggestions on how to do it otherwise? Do i only need the drivers when booted up? ‘cos i can then plug in my ext hd and pull off there.

    please e-mail response too

  • http://www.freshdigitalmedia.com gmill20

    Hi James Fletcher,

    Copy the contents of the Win 7 cd to a Memmory Stick, you can either then boot of the stick or boot into XP as normal and run setup.exe from the memmory stick… follow the process through, i did a clen install, works great!

    Gareth


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