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DSGi, the retailer formerly known as Dixons, has extended is netbook line-up with a new model the integrates HSDPA connectivity. The Advent 4213 is based on Intel's 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor, packs in 1GB of memory and a 160GB hard drive. It has a 10.2in widescreen display, presumably with a 1024 x 600 resolution, though DSGi …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Aqua Desktop?

    The photos show the machine sporting a Panther Aqua Blue desktop background. Is there something that you or they aren't telling us? :)

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  2. Patrick O'Reilly
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    What OS?

    I'm going to guess XP.... damm sheep.

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  3. Thomas

    Looks nice

    I especially like the "Panther Aqua Blue" wallpaper. Maybe it's designed to communicate that small, cheap computers are approximately as powerful as full-size computers of five years ago?

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  4. GrahamT

    Title = £350?

    Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy an AA1 from PC World for £200 and plug a Vodaphone HSDPA dongle in it, for £15/month?

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  5. Alexis Vallance
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    1 gig a month

    There was some small print on the advert saying you're limited to 1Gb a month, whereas Carphone Warehouse gives you 3.

    It also proclaimed it comes with 'Genuine Windows XP Home' as if that was an advantage over the Linux their rival gives you.

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  6. Dave Bell

    Small? Cheap? Laptop?

    One out of three isn't bad, I suppose.

    Incidentally, I'm a bit wary of depending on USB dongles. With a few remarkable exceptions, they always look to me to be far more vulnerable to physical damage.

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  7. Anonymous Coward
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    Advent 4213 = rebadged ECS G10IL

    This netbook is the rebadged version of the ECS G10IL. The obvious differences are the colour and the keyboard from the reference design... I think I prefer the keyboard from the reference design better tbh.

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  8. George Oommen

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    350? back in 1998 I flew to Boston, stayed at a 4-star hotel and lived like a king, bought a laptop, touchscreen pda, webcam, the biggest hard disc you could buy...the cost of everything together was still cheaper than buying in the UK! Next in 2003 I did the same thing, same cost ratio....

    350 quid...$700 buys you a decent laptop in the states, even at the Dixons equivalent! I just bought a Gateway Dual core t5550 320GB/4GB with bluetooth, webcam and in RED!! For $700 from Bestbuy...try and get that in the UK...I could have got it even cheaper online....

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  9. Steve
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    @Oommen

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8780125&st=t5550+320gb&type=product&id=1204332500899

    This is the only $700 T5550 available on the bestbuy website. At the current exchange rate (which hasn't been 2$=1£ for several months now), that's £400

    This is the equivalent priced (added VAT as the best buy price is before sales tax) laptop from dabs, it's just as good.

    http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=576X&CategorySelectedId=11105&NavigationKey=11105,15,46400000,389210000,42880000,49350000

    We could probably find both cheaper.

    So, there's no way in hell that it's worth going to the states to buy a laptop, not even to buy 10 laptops, the £250 minimum return flight will outweigh the couple of quid you might manage to save, and that's before you look at a hotel to stay in and any transport to get around.

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