The Advent 4211 is a re-badged alternative to the MSI Wind. Its differences are mostly cosmetic -- whereas the Wind is available in a number of colours, the 4211 is available with a black lid and silver interior only. You only get one choice of operating system, too -- Windows XP -- but there is other useful software.
It ships with Cyberlink YouCam webcam software, which facilitates easy uploading to YouTube.
There's also some drive-based recovery software that'll let you reinstall Windows XP -- should the unexpected happen -- without using an optical drive.
At the time of writing, the Advent 4211 is selling for £279.99 at PC World -- £40 less than the £320 MSI Wind. Read our full MSI Wind review for more information.
Edited by Shannon Doubleday
Android App 
RSS Feeds 
iPhone App 
Newsletters
User reviews11
Add your review
Linda Mason 16 December 2010
Good: Screen
Bad: Battery life is crap!
Comment: My daughter, a friend and I all bought one of these roughly at the same time. The convenience is great if you have mains power - we have all experienced the same problem, the battery life is crap!! I have just bought a new battery despite the netbook having had little use, an expensive experiment but need the use of it. All of us are very disappointed.
Michelle Nixon 4 September 2010
Comment: so want this, by the sounds of all the previous reviews, theres not much to complain about besides the normal battery issues, will be getting one very soon !!!!
juliem23 11 June 2009
Good: Dont know but prefer it to my superb spec laptop
Bad: Feeling guilty cos i'm on it instead of laptop or desktop
Comment: This was a spur of the moment purchase in Comet for my other half who likes to surf in the evenings (on his desktop in another room) - I had suggested that a netbook would be great as he could sit and ebay / facebook etc with me in the same room. So, after a false start at PC World (the only one in stock with a decent spec was Pink) - we bought one of these literally from reading the spec ticket in the shop and knowing that we wanted XP in about 2 minutes.
I can honesly say it was the best impulse purchase ever. I am sure we would have been delighted with a lower end netbook but this one is surely the best.
Its more reliable (we've never crashed it and it takes a solid battering from us all most days) than my laptop. Its just as fast as our all singing desktop. You can truly walk around with it without it being too small to work on / look at or too big to wonder where to put it like a laptop.
Thats enough - we think its great - in fact now I want one all for myself !
See all 11 user reviews