Advert 4212 Netbook - €229 @ Pixmania

majiktripp · 20-07-2009 1:13pm #1

Intel Atom N270 @ 1,60 GHz,
1024 Mb,
80Gb HDD
8.9" Screen
XP Home English

Africa · 31-07-2009 1:34pm

really like the looks of this, did anyone buy it? Whats the battery like, do you recommend an upgraded battery??

Africa · 04-08-2009 2:52pm

can anyone recommend this? I am considering getting this today... never used pixmania though so hoping they are reliable, also, has anyone got a code they arent using

podgeandrodge · 04-08-2009 9:44pm

codes for Pixmania generally cover only purchases over €300.

this code I think expired yesterday but you can try it

Pixie090301: €7 off when you spend over €300

dingding · 04-08-2009 10:15pm

I have this laptop. Got it in Currys about a year ago. Very easy to upgrade the memory to 2GB and the hard disk is 2.5 inch SATA and I have upgraded this also.

The battery life would be a couple of hours but if you download the latest bios update for a MSI wind U100 you can set the processor to run slower on battery to increase battery life.

I find this great for traveling and use it a lot on foreign travel and on the train, coupled with a 3G dongle it is a great device.

You can also swap the wireless card for a HSDPA 3G WWLAN card which takes a sim and gives you the 3G onboard. You will then need a dongle for wireless.

The newer model has this built in.

You can also get a touch screen kit. If you search the web for msi wind U100 you will find loads of information about modding and upgrading it. You can also run leopard on it quite successfully but I have not tried this.

Africa · 05-08-2009 10:36am

thanks very much for the info that is so so helpful!!

Bought it yesterday

Cant wait to get it!

Padraig Mor · 05-08-2009 11:00am

Hmmm......unnecessary........yet so so tempting!

the groutch · 05-08-2009 11:03am

would anyone know if you'd be able to run windows 7 off this when it's released?

d31b0y · 05-08-2009 11:13am

Windows 7 system requirements

If you want to run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it takes:

* 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
* 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
*16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
*DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

It should run, but might not be the smoothest... TBH, I wouldn't bother trying to upgrade this machine to run Windows 7 but that's just a personal choice.

Africa · 05-08-2009 11:41am

uh... anyone know where to get a large battery for this that would be reliable? Hardly want to go to the Hong Kong end of ebay to get one... itll be f*cked in 3 months!

draoicht · 05-08-2009 1:12pm

dingding wrote: »

I have this laptop. Got it in Currys about a year ago. Very easy to upgrade the memory to 2GB and the hard disk is 2.5 inch SATA and I have upgraded this also.

The battery life would be a couple of hours but if you download the latest bios update for a MSI wind U100 you can set the processor to run slower on battery to increase battery life.

I find this great for traveling and use it a lot on foreign travel and on the train, coupled with a 3G dongle it is a great device.

You can also swap the wireless card for a HSDPA 3G WWLAN card which takes a sim and gives you the 3G onboard. You will then need a dongle for wireless.

The newer model has this built in.

You can also get a touch screen kit. If you search the web for msi wind U100 you will find loads of information about modding and upgrading it. You can also run leopard on it quite successfully but I have not tried this.

Are you sure its the 4212 you have and not the 4211?
The 4211 is a rebadged MSI Wind but the 4212 is a rebadged ECS G10IL
http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/advent/laptop/4212.htm

Africa · 12-08-2009 1:38pm

anyone know where to get a large battery for this that would be reliable?

Advert 4212 Netbook - €229 @ Pixmania

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