Everex Cloudbook to rival Eee PC
Posted on Dec 10, 07 11:23 PM PDT
The Asus Eee PC is one hot ticket this holiday season, but Everex isn't going to take the situation lying down by unveiling the Cloudbook. This Linux-powered UMPC touts to follow the Eee PC in many aspects, featuring a 7" display, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, wired and wireless Ethernet connectivity, a 4-in-1 memory card reader, 512MB RAM, USB 2.0 and DVI-out. It ditches the Eee PC's solid state drive and 900MHz Celeron processor in favor of a 30GB hard drive and a 1.2GHz Via C7 ULV processor. The Everex Cloudbook is tipped to ship this January 15th, retailing for $400. Which will you side with?
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By Anthony , 14/02/08 9:49 AM (CommentID #485460)
I personally like the idea of the touchpad thingy being in the top corner. i would think that once you got used to how to use it, it would be like a second nature...what i DON'T like about the touchpad is the size. i think it would have been a lot better to have one of those tiny joystick type things that you see in the dell latitude and lenovo thinkpad. i would like to see that in the same location as the touchpad on the cloudbook
By Jocelyn , 06/02/08 7:14 PM (CommentID #469869)
Cloudbook or Eee?.... the Eee hands down. Smaller, sexier, touchpad is where it should be. As a second computer and one that is ultra portable and fully functioning, its perfect. In fact, i use it more than my mac these days. Did i mention that i think i'm in love with it? - Black 701 4G - truly magnificent.
By Bryan , 04/02/08 11:03 PM (CommentID #466115)
Touch pad looks much less convenient than on the EEE PC. I'm going to wait a few months after it's released to see about the ease of use with the touch pad. Part of having a very small notebook is being able to put it in your pocket without a bunch of accessories, like an additional mouse, when you're on the go.
By Confused , 22/01/08 10:11 AM (CommentID #442116)
I generally agree with the comments posted here. The specs make it a very nice little machine.
Except for one thing. IT HAS NO RIGHT HIFT KEY in the keyboard.
I mean is Everex crazy? This one, eazily fixed thing totally ruins the cloudbook for me.
By Dion , 17/01/08 6:15 AM (CommentID #434294)
Well I like the idea, will it be available in the UK. If the eeePC had a 30gig drive I would have bought it. But this fits my bill, mostly because it has a 30gig hard drive.
By moshonis , 14/01/08 5:47 AM (CommentID #429554)
not half chick as eee. appearance also matters. bigger, heavier, less battery life...
By pol , 10/01/08 1:47 AM (CommentID #424259)
is it available in Southeast Asia? particularly in the Philippines?
By BuckyBob , 09/01/08 9:46 AM (CommentID #423353)
Cool! Big Announcement at CES on this beastie. Plus, Another announcement that it will be available to purchase at WalMart RSN ! COOL!
By Hubert , 25/12/07 11:29 AM (CommentID #405467)
Kooder, can you post a link to the "announcement"? This was first posted by linuxdevices.com on Dec 9th, as a "leak", but if there was a prior announcement, we would like to see it and link to it as well. Right now, I don't think that this was announced a long time ago, but I have no problem correcting the info, if it was. Thanks!
By kooder , 25/12/07 2:10 AM (CommentID #405034)
Yes, this was announced long before the Eee. people who write columns have to fill space.
Touchscreen will be introduced when gOS supports it. Too bad not SSD.
By Pete , 19/12/07 10:48 PM (CommentID #398977)
If the screen was a touchscreen and could fold backwards to be used like a pad, that would rock.
By EeeLoyal , 14/12/07 6:22 AM (CommentID #393551)
Judging from the dimensions relative to the 7" screen, the cloudbook is significantly larger than the eeepc, hm? So, bonus: larger keyboard; crappus: larger laptop. And I can't imagine for the life of me trying to use a touchpad that's above the keyboard.
By lops , 14/12/07 2:28 AM (CommentID #393401)
I would stay with eeePC, the design of this Cloudbook isn't that nice (imo), escpecially horizontal hole between monitor and keyboard part.. also eeePC weight (900 grams) and size - is good selling point. People travel a lot nowadays and eeePC is all traveler needs.
By Ike , 14/12/07 1:14 AM (CommentID #393350)
Just so people know, this is a rerelease of the Packard Bell EasyNote XS computer that is available in a few other countries. It is being manufactured and distributed by a different company (or so I've come to believe, correct me if I'm wrong), and is not exactly a new computer. I've seen a lot of headlines for this recently saying that it's a reaction to the eeePC, which (also from my research) seems to predate the eeePC. The original one by Packard Bell, however, is a Windows XP equipped computer, this one is a gOS (linux based) computer, which probably saves on some costs.
By wil , 13/12/07 2:11 PM (CommentID #393031)
one of the selling points of the eee pc is the SSD .. no moving part . and with regular 2.5 hard drive it will likely weight at least 2 lbs .... and the battery life, i would assume might be comparable, The only advantage to the cloudbook, would be the DVI output, and if the 7" screen was capable of a larger res of 800x480 .. which is doubt able ..
W.
By Former EEEnthusiast , 12/12/07 6:26 PM (CommentID #392327)
Touchpad is above the keyboard. Unusual location caused by the fact that the VIA Nanobook reference platform was originally designed with a touchscreen instead.
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