How similar are the Wind and the Advent 4211?
Well the answer is identical, every component is cross compatible, they are the same machine. The battery of the Wind, the Advent and the Medion all have the same model number (which is BTY-S11).
Personally I think that this is great news, it means that we’ll all have access to the same third party batteries when they come out. The BIOS is also interchangeable with the winds to verify here is my advent running on the 1.05 MSI BIOS.
Their are more very high resolution pictures of the Advent in our image gallery.
On the linux front, ubuntu seems to work very well but wireless and the webcam still need some attention. You can dual boot with the original windows version that came with the advent by resizing the partition that windows is on (using “gparted”) and installing ubuntu/linux on the freed space. Note: you will need the daily ubuntu iso to do this.
We’ll keep you updated on the wireless cards linux compatibility.
Tags: battery, comparison, firmware, germany, specs, uk
July 5th, 2008 at 1:56 am
[...] akoya E1210 ( hermano perdido del MSI wind) El update que vi lo hicieron con un Advent 4211: Advent 4211 identical to the wind | MSI Wind News and Reviews En todo caso, parece q Medion ya saco un update propio: [...]
July 5th, 2008 at 7:05 am
[...] akoya E1210 ( hermano perdido del MSI wind) El update que vi lo hicieron con un Advent 4211: Advent 4211 identical to the wind | MSI Wind News and Reviews En todo caso, parece q Medion ya saco un update propio: [...]
July 7th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Not a good idea to post pictures with Windows XP Home CD-Key in full view and any other serial no’s and also please give the keyboard a hover.
October 11th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
how do batteries work…
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January 10th, 2009 at 10:22 am
[...] couple of MSI Wind variants which has been released. The first foremost certified wind-like is the Advent 4211, which makes every component cross compatible. The second one is a German brand, the Medion Akoya . [...]