...I'm really happy with it. I swore I'd never buy another Windows machine but so far, this little machine seems to be pretty stable and does what i need when I'm out and about. I'm spending up to 8 hrs a day using the built-in HSDPA and it's just about glitch free.
Real world battery life with HDSPA on and the screen a couple of notches below full brightness is around 3.5 hrs and it's about the same with wi-fi on and HSDPA off. Upping the RAM to 2Gb cost me £23 and made a big difference when switching between 3 or 4 apps but the machine ran perfectly well with 1Gb.
I'm feeling pretty guilty about leaving my 17" Macbook Pro at home every day but for coffee shop and motorway services us, the 4213 is a winner.
Velocity Micro Edge Z30 Midsize Desktop (2.66GHz Intel Core i5 750, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, DVD±RW DL, Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit)
Apple iMac All-In-One Desktop (3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR2, 1TB, DVD+-RW DL, Mac OS X v10.5 Snow Leopard, 27" LCD)
HP (Hewlett-Packard) Pavilion p6210f Mini-Tower Desktop (2.6GHz Athlon II X4 620, 6GB DDR2, 640GB HDD, DVD±RW DL, Windows 7 Home Premium)
HP (Hewlett-Packard) Compaq Presario CQ5210F Mini-Tower Desktop (2.7GHz Athlon 64 X2 215, 3GB DDR2, 500GB, DVD±RW DL, Windows 7 Home Premium)
Apple iMac All-In-One Desktop (3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR2, 500GB, DVD+-RW DL, Mac OS X v10.5 Snow Leopard, 21.5" LCD)
Advent 4213 HSDPA 3G-enabled netbook
Tim Nicholls
After a month of using one of these... #
Posted Monday 20th October 2008 12:03 GMT
...I'm really happy with it. I swore I'd never buy another Windows machine but so far, this little machine seems to be pretty stable and does what i need when I'm out and about. I'm spending up to 8 hrs a day using the built-in HSDPA and it's just about glitch free.
Real world battery life with HDSPA on and the screen a couple of notches below full brightness is around 3.5 hrs and it's about the same with wi-fi on and HSDPA off. Upping the RAM to 2Gb cost me £23 and made a big difference when switching between 3 or 4 apps but the machine ran perfectly well with 1Gb.
I'm feeling pretty guilty about leaving my 17" Macbook Pro at home every day but for coffee shop and motorway services us, the 4213 is a winner.
KenBW2
Waiting for the obligatory "under £200 or no sale" comments #
Posted Monday 20th October 2008 12:31 GMT
See title
Anonymous Coward
DELL MINI 9 #
Posted Monday 20th October 2008 17:43 GMT
Currently one of the mobile shops are advertising "Dell Mini 9 - The only netbook with mobile broadband inside" Naughty naughty.
Anonymous Coward
I see it runs Mac OS X as well #
Posted Monday 20th October 2008 19:53 GMT
though presumably it doesn't have the grunt for Leopard, hence the Tiger wallpaper...
NICHOLAS SAUNDERS
4211 v 4213 #
Posted Monday 20th October 2008 23:19 GMT
Why the better test scores for the 4213 as opposed to the 4211 - seem identical in terms of hdd,ram,cpu?
Anonymous Coward
windows xp? #
Posted Tuesday 21st October 2008 07:44 GMT
the marketing photos have os x wallpaper on it! Now I might be interested!
Giles Jones
It may be over £300 #
Posted Tuesday 21st October 2008 12:32 GMT
Having 3G gives these devices some purpose at least. Having the Advent name on it should lower the price more than other brands.