Advent 4123 - Page 3

Feek · 22-09-2008, 21:48

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Originally Posted by Mark

And the 4211 is the MSI Wind Daz mentioned. Looks nice.

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Originally Posted by Mark

This is not a Mac. I repeat. There is no Apple logo on this hardware.

It's hackintoshable! *hides*

leowyatt · 22-09-2008, 21:55

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Originally Posted by Matblack

How is pinky? She ok?

Daz · 22-09-2008, 22:20

You look like Gamesmaster, only without the head implant thing

Haly · 22-09-2008, 22:20

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Originally Posted by Daz

You look like Gamesmaster, only without the head implant thing

He does!

Matblack · 23-09-2008, 09:34

Aitch is pleased with her new toy and wants to know if she cann watch films on the train with it, I am getting the feeling that I may never get to use it and might have to buy another one for myself

All in all its a good bit of kit, it now has OpenOffice, AVG and Firefox on it, it won't get much else installed as I want to keep it fast booting and clean. As far as battery life goes from a quick experiment the little 3 cell is good for about 2-2.5 hours, not great but enough for a train journey to London. The sound quality is quite frankly rubbish but the case is so small its hardly suprising, there isn't room for the kind of speakers you'd put in a Dell laptop even the m1330, for movies it has a 3.5mm jack.

My only issue at the moment is getting the BT to connnect to my phone so I can use it for a bit of surfing, it seems to have a cheapo BT driver which denies the connection so thats something I'll have to do some research on, I know its possible its just a bit of fine tuning.

No S-video out Flibster just VGA 9 pin Dsub output.

MB

Zirax · 23-09-2008, 11:10

I want to know what films are like as well

Put some on it and let me know how it plays them.

Matblack · 23-09-2008, 11:25

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Originally Posted by Zirax

I want to know what films are like as well

Put some on it and let me know how it plays them.

Any particular format? Do you want me to transfer the movie to the internal drive or play off an external?

There were a few reviews knocking about which says it can handle 720 HD with the right software but 1080 goes too slow.

I have identified an issue with it connecting to my phone which is annoying, the 4211 has a Toshiba BT stack which won't play nicely with WM6 so I need to find a solution, maybe change the Tosh driver to a M$ one :/

Need to work on that, unfortunately I'm out tonight so it may take a while to get it on the net via the BT, also need to install ActiveSync so I can do the same thing with a USB in the meantime.

MB

Mark · 23-09-2008, 11:58

Graphics chip appears to be a GMA950. I have one of those in my Mac Mini. Concur on 720p playback. I haven't tried 1080p yet, but I will soon.

Zirax · 23-09-2008, 12:17

Good point, probably an external hdd xvid film. Also something using the H264 720p codec.

I would be surprised that 1080p would kick its butt, I think its encoded at higher than the res of the screen?

Daz · 23-09-2008, 12:21

So is 720p - the Wind is 1024 x 600 iirc.

22-09-2008, 22:20	#23
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	You look like Gamesmaster, only without the head implant thing __________________ apt-get moo

23-09-2008, 09:34	#25
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	Aitch is pleased with her new toy and wants to know if she cann watch films on the train with it, I am getting the feeling that I may never get to use it and might have to buy another one for myself All in all its a good bit of kit, it now has OpenOffice, AVG and Firefox on it, it won't get much else installed as I want to keep it fast booting and clean. As far as battery life goes from a quick experiment the little 3 cell is good for about 2-2.5 hours, not great but enough for a train journey to London. The sound quality is quite frankly rubbish but the case is so small its hardly suprising, there isn't room for the kind of speakers you'd put in a Dell laptop even the m1330, for movies it has a 3.5mm jack. My only issue at the moment is getting the BT to connnect to my phone so I can use it for a bit of surfing, it seems to have a cheapo BT driver which denies the connection so thats something I'll have to do some research on, I know its possible its just a bit of fine tuning. No S-video out Flibster just VGA 9 pin Dsub output. MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

23-09-2008, 12:21	#30
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	So is 720p - the Wind is 1024 x 600 iirc. __________________ apt-get moo

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23-09-2008, 11:10	#26
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	I want to know what films are like as well Put some on it and let me know how it plays them.

23-09-2008, 11:58	#28
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Graphics chip appears to be a GMA950. I have one of those in my Mac Mini. Concur on 720p playback. I haven't tried 1080p yet, but I will soon.

23-09-2008, 12:17	#29
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Good point, probably an external hdd xvid film. Also something using the H264 720p codec. I would be surprised that 1080p would kick its butt, I think its encoded at higher than the res of the screen?