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PC World is offering its version of the netbook - the 10-inch Advent 4211. Atom-based, it runs Windows XP, offers an 80GB hard drive, 1GB of memory and costs £279. For those who have not twigged yet, this is totally IDENTICAL in form, function and specs to the MSI Wind which will not ship for a few weeks more and is over £60 extra. Not similar, but actually the same machine. Apparently people buying these have found a 'made by MSI' sticker on the base of the carton. Everything from the key legends to the position of the screw holes is the same as you can verify by checking photos of the Wind. Possibly the battery might be a lower rating, but surely not £60 worth! I very much doubt if the quality of the casing is different as it would not make commercial sense to redesign it just to make a lower quality. A word to the wise,... [read full story]
