MSI Wind sneaks into shops in disguise
And it's 60 quid cheaper
PC WORLD IS OFFERING its Advent 4211 netbook for sale today. On closer inspection, some users are reporting that the little lappie is actually a rebadged MSI Wind with a slightly different battery.
At £279.99, the thigh warmer is around £60 cheaper than the expected on-shelf price of the MSI Wind, which isn't due in retail for at least another couple of weeks.
A poster on Pocket Lint's forums maintains that the PC World version is "Identical in form, function and specs," to the Wind and adds that the two models are, "Not similar, but actually the same machine".
Looks familiar
Apparently buyers have even found 'made by MSI' stickers on the base of the cartons and in some instances, the cases themselves. Everything from the key legends to the position of the screw holes is the same.
The Atom-based machine runs Windows XP out of the box, has an 80GB hard drive and 1GB of memory. µ
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Available in Manila
The MSI Wind is now available in Manila, Philippines, I saw them today in the mall. The 1 Gb version costs 26,000 pesos, the 2 Gb version is 30,000 pesos. $1=44.50desktop
Uh, nice desktop background. So can I get OS X.4 preinstalled? Nice.Battery
The Advent branded Wind has the 3 cell battery (http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/219404 and click on the battery link) - for me that's a deal breaker.Battery 2
Don't the real Wind's have 3 cell battery?6 Cell Battery
Now I get the cheaper price - the Wind has a 6 cell battery option as well and this has twice the battery life so I would hope the Wind's are higher priced because they have this fitted. That was MSI's excuse for the release delay - battery sourcing.