Advent 4211

small, light, good build quality, not sluggish and didn't have loads of useless software on it to slow it down. Almost perfect!

Wireless and camera were not on by default - i bet the support guys got loads of calls about that. You needed to switch them on via the software switches on the keyboard fn keys.

Portable, very light (1KG) yet performs just as well as most desktops - i have office 2007 and Adobe CS3 running just fine on it. My own (vastly higher spec) desktop doesnt see much use any more! Decent size keyboard compared to other portables. Screen is very high quality. included installation of XP is quite clean, didnt feel the need to start it from scratch. Good value for money!

3 Cell battery gives a limited battery life, but 6 Cell is coming (fire at major battery factory affects everyone). Had a critical issue out of the box that would freeze the screen, but this was fixed promptly by a bios later posted by 'TheTechGuys'. Lacks a suitable case as far as i can tell. Fn & Ctrl keys are swapped around compared to a regular keyboard. Wouldnt use built-in speakers for extended periods as they arent high quality (snag some headphones or plug into an external set)

These are excellent machines. Screen size is the minimum to be really practical for people who want "serious" internet access on the move. Tried testing other brands with 8" screens but I would need to carry binoculars with me too! Performance is really good considering the size and spec'. I've now bought two of these ( XP Home) because I need to run specific Windows applications for VPN connectivity etc. As a stand alone I would guess that the *.nix version absolutely flies but alas didn't have that option.

The only negative, but understandable draw back is that battery life isn't brilliant, but, of course, for a unit as small and as compact as this the battery has to be quite slim, thus less capacity. On average a good 1½ hours though

This little PC is an absolutely top notch system. It truly beats the eee pc as it's got a vastly superior screen size, bigger disk, bigger screen and better CPU. I'm really impressed with mine. It's also extremely versatile and can run a number of operating systems lincluding XP, Linux and a popular it perhaps shouldn't!

The Advent 4211 doesn't include a case of any kind. The Del key on mine gets a little stuck if you're not careful. The battery life could be better.

It's just fantastic. The best money I ever spent. You can use it anywhere. I would'nt be without it.

No cd/dvd drive is the only downfall but not really a problem as I bought an external cd/dvd drive and the problem is solved.

A very good spec with a fairly big disk of 80GB & plenty of RAM 1GB Great value for money. A superb size as I bought it to use on the train during my commute to work. It's a very good quality piece of kit.

It was a hassle to have to update the BOIS to resolve some quirks (such as it was over keen to switch itself off during power up) A very minor issue is the processor (Intel Atom) is not very powerful as I have some music making software that can soon bring it to its knees. However, it's perfect for most applications like databases, spreadsheets, word processing or viewing videos.

Great size, pretty good preformance, great value

Poor battery life

Pretty speedy and responsive. Excellent screen, even at low brightness settings. Good keyboard and trackpad. Good Wi-Fi connection speed and reception. Powers all my bus-powered USB HDDs and DVD drives even when running on battery. Lightweight, and attractive styling. Great to have a hard drive to store loads of games, music and videos.

Needed to update bios to fix a few initial problems, but this was simple enough following TechGuys instructions page - not had any issues since. Speakers are fairly tinny-sounding. Doesn't come with a case/sleeve, but more are becoming available now. Battery life could be better, ranges between 1.5 -> 2 hours whilst web-browsing.

Small lighweight laptop which has window xp with bluetooth and wireless

limited to 1024x600 resolution with quite a poor battery life

light, convenient, great keyboard!

have not seen yet... the only thing battery - holds for 1h

firstclass product, can not really fault it at all. lovely feel to the keyboard & trackpad & very fast response on screen. I did a great deal of research deciding on the advent notebook & i would like to say that i now have a network of one desktop,one laptop and one notebook.

none at all really except a lot of other makes seem to be jumping on this bandwagon but they will have to go some to beat this advent notebook

The size and weight is perfect. Keyboard is easy to use.

Took a while to work out how to switch on the wireless networking. The manual loaded onto the hard disk was the wrong one - downloaded the proper one from the web.

Compact, lightweight and much easier to carry around than a 15" laptop, but has much the same capabilities. The lack of a DVD/CD drive is not a major problem. Much cheaper than other notebook PCs.

The small screen size can be an irritation when using some programs. However, the one really bad point is the speakers. The sound quality is appalling. A cheap set of USB speakers will overcome this but detracts from the portability, which is its main advantage.

great size, low weight, bright screen, quick enough, great price, is a worthy successor to my Sony Vaio Good value for money if you want this form factor

very poor battery life, about 2 hours needs a better battery

So far the product performs well and is suited to my needs, chiefly word processing on the move and a digital photo album. I can't fault its performance.

Not really an issue, but if it is going to have a built in web cam, a built in mike would have complimented it.

I choose this product because of it's size ,weight and portability.I find it easy to use and it's advantage over other small laptops is it's processor,size of hard drive and that it runs Windows XP.I find it good for casual web surfing and chatting online though it is as capable as any laptop.The built in webcam is also a great bonus.Overrall an excellent purchase.

None up till now.

It is just as good as a more expensive laptop, the size is brilliant (not too small just perfect). I love this laptop!

No disk drive - this causes LOTS of problems. Also the charging time is only 1.5 - 2 hours which I thought would be a problem - however it really really gets on my nerves.

Nice and small and light.

Very poor sound

Its light and small which is the main attraction to it. Pretty fast considering.

Screen resolution could be higher. You need to download alternative drivers for the trackpad if you are going to do a lot of typing.

Would probably knock out a Swan if thrown sufficiently hard enough

Not enough Ninjas

My husband and I bought this for our son's birthday and he loved it. The size is brilliant and it has enough facilities for my son (whom is 11 years old).

Haven't found any yet.

small, light, easy to carry in a bag. Looks good, easy to use.

Poor battery life, under 2 hours. no CD drive, but then again, this is a very small laptop.

very good value Much better performance than expected Great for traveling

battery life could be better

Neat and compact ideal for travelling

Battery life

Size is really good

Could be slightly thinner

FAST, SMALL, EASY TO USE - GENERALLY BETTER THAN EXPECTED

KEEPS CONNECTING AND DISCONNECTING FROM THE INTERNET.

Small compact windows XP machine ideal for browsing web at home.

Battery life can only be around 1hr-1.5hrs. had an issue with hidden SSID on my wireless - i.e. it has to be visible to use it and have not got to the bottom of this yet.

Does exactly what it says on the tin. A laptop that is easily transportable with enough features for it's purpose.

Current lack of option to increase battery power. The change to three pin power leads (as opposed to the previous 'figure of eight' leads). This necessitates carrying yet another item.

Good size screen, neat and blutooth is very useful.

It would have been better with white keys - easier to see at night.

The screen topples the unit if opened too far.

Compact, stylish and a general good all-rounder. Upgraded to 2GB of memory from standard 1GB and a much better performer.

Battery life is not the greatest

Very portable and easy to use

Not having Microsoft office installed

Very small and lightweight. Speedy processor means not matter how many screens you've got open it doesnt slow. Would higly recommend for anyone looking for an internet laptop. I find it good for online gaming as the applications do not slow the computer even if palying several sites at once.

On/off switch is very sensitive and if you press it for a second too long it starts up then shuts back down again! Screen is very small so can be hard to read some text. Sometimes when running off battery screen just suddenly goes blank when you're in the middle of something.

Extremely portable,Uses windows XP, Good processor, 1gb memory, 80gb hard drive,Price

Battery life could be better

small, light, good memory size, ease of use

some keys need to be pressed firmly to work,

Nothing at all perfect 10

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Compactability

If you press the on button too long it switches off again

It1s light small with a big brain!

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mobile,easy to use and good keyboard layout.

windows OS.

it does what it says on the tin!

Portable, light, fast enough, good size screen/resolution.

Bad sound, bad battery life.

price, specification, screen/picture quality, video playback and its weight.

battery life - only 2 hours

fast, lightweight, very convenient, good size screen and keyboard for a small laptop

It's suprisingly fast, for instance it can happily time shift live TV from a DVBT stick. The display is really clear and bright. It actually seems eager to connect to absolutely anything via WiFi and bluetooth. I cannot fault it's performance It is also very cute.

Battery life is significantly less than 2 hours.

Small, light, handy, good performance, work good, options for ugrade...

only one colour availiable...

quality for price quiet no major design flaws

not the most exciting design visually Ctrl and Fn keys are reversed on the keyboard (Ctrl is normally bottom-left)

So light and compact.

Need to attach separate drive to load from dvds and cd roms, but I knew that when i bought it, of course.

Small, well built, runs XP no probs.

Battery life poor (standard 3 cell).

It is a fully functional laptop, unlike some other small laptops, and it is really portable unlike some very heavy and large laptops.

Haven't found any yet. An external DVD and/or memory stick cures all other problems.

small, cheap and has all the functions of bigger laptops

can be a bit slow a times for a 1GB ram laptop.

Small, light, perfect for everyday computing.

Battery only lasts just over 2 hours.

Good size

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Size, windows compatability

None really.

light, compact, easy to use for emails and internet. It's also fast and responsive.

only 2 hours battery life. I'd like to know when the larger capacity battery becomes available.

Size. Lightweight (even the power supply). Good keyboard. Seems robust.

Power up can be a bit hit and miss. (Lingering slightly too long on the button can turn off again!)

size--portability good specification bought for young daughter who thinks it's great

lack of dvd/cd drive for software installation. (option to buy suitable external drive would help)

excellent value, neat size, good quality screen - provides everything needed from a leisure pc

the pc kept turning off at the initial start up - we had to download a new version of Bios to solve the problem. If my partner hadn't been a techie, it would have been a real pain

small, very portable,blue tooth,web cam

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Small, portable, very easy to use, nicely designed.

Very poor battery life, figures are about a 3rd less than quoted. keyboard can be fiddly, comma and full stop buttons made smaller to fit and therefore rather annoying.

Everything!

No case and only 3 cell battery instead of 6.

cheaper than MSI Wind !!!!!

To use it to play back dvd's on has to use an ext player ....which probably would require ext mains; this poses a portability problem.Mad

Small and light, great as a "Netbook"

Not particularly powerful processor. Doesnt come withany kind of case.

It's pretty

It's actually crap, hence I have returned it for a refund and continued using my FAR better Asus Eee PC (900)

Small and easy to transport as I will use it as part of a Digital Photo Studio.

Sometimes it is difficult to start up,but practice makes perfect.

pretty much everything

jerky mouse cursor is annoying

Battery life!

Small, fast and very ease to use, having XP on it.

None yet, except the battery life isn't wonderful at a couple of hours

looks nice

kept on switching itself off. sent it back. will not be getting a replacement one

portability,spec for price

battery life

Windows XP

None found so far

Good specification, small and light, decent sized, bright, widescreen display with adequate resolution, good sized keyboard, reasonable speed, runs quiet and cool in operation, 3 conveniently placed USB ports, small and neat external power supply, low price

Appallingly unreliable in operation, screen goes blank frequently requiring restart (which is why I'll be taking this back under warranty - it even did it while I was completing this review which was finished on another computer!); wireless performance poor and weak compared to an Asus EeePC on the same wireless network, losing connection frequently and often causing wireless adapter to become unresponsive and causing complete system lockup; trackpad small and fiddly; battery performance poor (though this is forgivable at this price); although the chassis design is attractive, in use it feels cheapy and tacky so the lack of reliability comes as no great surprise

small compact ab fab for travelling etc,

doesn't have a CD drive/DVD but a seperate one can be attached

nice size memory for the size of this laptop,

It crashes often, and now we're having problems turning it on. wouldn't reccomend it to anyone and i'd love to get my money back on it!

Small light powerful enough for everyday tasks, good looks

Shortish battery life (2hrs tops)

Small, lightweight and compact - great for college and travelling and doesn't take up alot of room. Just does what a PC does, but in a much smaller package!

No disc drive, had to buy an external drive. Wireless network not great, but with an ethernet cable, it's great.

Small but powerful. Perfect for mobile computing.

Wasn't perfect out of the box. Needed a firmware update to resolve issue where the laptop would often shut down 2 seconds after turning tit on. Wi-fi was very flaky or not working at all until new drivers for it was installed. No more problems after these things were done, but I feel that it should not have been necessary in the first place and would probably have put off a lot of casual users or less computer savvy people.

Good value for money

Small, great value, great functionality, quiet, light weight

Can over balance as the screen hinge allows too much weight at the back of the machine Poor touchpad/buttons (needs to be a bit bigger)

small but still usable size screen and keyboard. light weight. low temperature operation (compared to EEE my previous mini-laptop). up and running very quickly. styling.

very poor battery life with supplied battery. bulky and awkward power supply (would prefer single unit like a mobile phone supply and connector at the back of the machine. usb ports should be towards the back sides of the machine rather than the front, gets in the way of typing and more vulnerable to becoming unplugged. SD card not flush with the side of the machine when inserted so vulnerable to damage and/or accidental ejection. tech support not as user-friendly as it could be.

It's portable, has a good keyboard, the screen is easy to read and web pages are optimised for the screen size.

The supplied battery only lasts about 1 hour on full charge.

Good size screen and usable keyboard. The Advent appears to be well put together and solid. Wifi connection always ok, and no problems browsing web or downloading from i-player. Fine for watching video. Built in card reader handy for copying photos from camera when travelling. Very portable.

Battery needs charging after only a couple of hours' use. Scrolling documents not particulalry smooth.

Size is just right. Keyboard is excellent for its size, with a good 'feel'. Everything (the computer, bluetooth, wi-fi internet connections) worked perfectly, straight out of the box. The screen display is, literally, brilliant. Sharp, and can be as bright as you will ever need. The supplied software is basic but useful. THERE WAS NO RUBBISH! There were no 'trial versions' that needed uninstalling - this was a nice clean computer.

A couple of keyboard keys are in unexpected places. Battery life is too short - about two hours. Spend another £50 on a 6 cell battery pack, which will give you well over four hours (plus another two from your original battery) and you will have something far more useful.

light and easy to use great for pc novices

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light, user friendly

std battery life (double size battery available seperately) need to ensure processor running at full speed for acceptable performance

Lightweight small ease of use. Good memory

None other than shrt battery life when operating wirelessly

Really easy to use & lightweight. Was easy to connect to my wireless.

Can't think of any

size, portability, XP OS

Battery Life

Excellent for Email and web browsing

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packed with all the features you need in netbook and more!

battery life is poor

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