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Hang on, so US customers will be waiting a whole 3-5 weeks to get their hands on MSI’s Wind budget ultraportable, courtesy of Amazon, while in the UK a rebadged version of the notebook is available today? Somewhat conclusive proof that MSI really need to re-examine their supply-chain, UK retailer PC World is shipping its version of the Wind – called the Advent 4211 – already.
The specs of the two machines are, unsurprisingly, identical. Both have the 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, an 80GB hard-drive and run Windows XP Home. PC World are asking £279.99 ($556) for the 4211.
MSI have previously blamed industry-wide battery shortages for the delay in shipping the Wind to pre-order customers. It’s uncertain whether the battery pack in the 4211 is sourced differently.
[via Engadget]
7 Responses to “MSI Wind rebadged as Advent 4211 and on sale in UK now”
hello July 3, 2008
“Somewhat conclusive proof that MSI really need to re-examine their supply-chain”
maybe you need to re-examine the value of the U.S. dollar compared to European currency.
NeutralDevon Dan July 3, 2008
A friend of mine just picked one of these up. It even has MSI stickers on the base and packaging.
Just ordered one myself (bought through Dixons as PC World’s website seemed to be offering collection only). I think the battery is slightly weaker on the 4211, but the £60 saving means I can get a spare for the same price as would have got me a Wind with a single 3 cell. Happy days.
NeutralBrian July 11, 2008
Just opened mine up,switched on and it promptly shut down.
I’ve repeated the set up steps a hundred times and it still won’t boot.
Waiting for a replacement….Yawn Yawn Yawn……
Only ever had Macs before and they have never ever let me down.Out of the box and running.
But hey the Advent is soooooo cheap what did I expect? something that worked?
Silly me…. lesson learnt; the hard way.
maybe….. just get a MSI Wind proper ….. pay the extra and avoid that sick feeling I ‘m gonna have for the next couple of weeks while I deal with all the returns re ordering B S.
Happy days?
:-[
NeutralChris Davies July 11, 2008
Really sorry to hear that, Brian. Let us know how the Advent follow-up goes.
NeutralDynamohum July 14, 2008
Hi Brian,
The problem could be that you are holding the ‘on’ button for too long. If you press and hold the ‘on’ button, the machine will boot up and then shut down immediately. To start it up, you really only need a short press of the button. A few people have been caught out by this.
Hope this helps
Dynah
+1BobbySteel July 15, 2008
Wow, thanks for that tip Dynah. I had the EXACT same problem and didn’t even realize I was pushing the button long at all. Saved me a LOT of hassle!!!
+1Bob July 26, 2008
“Hang on, so US customers will be waiting a whole 3-5 weeks to get their hands on MSI’s Wind budget ultraportable, courtesy of Amazon, while in the UK a rebadged version of the notebook is available today?”
It kind of stands to reason that developed western countries would get the product before backward third-world countries like the US.
But seriously, the world does not revolve around America. You might be surprised to know that many countries in Western Europe are more technologically advanced than the US. We even stopped living in wooden huts hundreds of years ago. Whenever I see news footage of an American town devasted by a hurricance I can’t help thinking they learnt nothing from the story of the 3 little pigs. It’s frankly tragic.
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