Comments on: Everex takes on Eee for cheapskates everywhere http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/10/everex-takes-on-eee-for-cheapskates-everywhere/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:40:12 -0500 hourly 1 By: Former EEEnthusiast http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/10/everex-takes-on-eee-for-cheapskates-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-538995 Former EEEnthusiast Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:20:02 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/10/everex-takes-on-eee-for-cheapskates-everywhere/#comment-538995 Not quite -- the Packard Bell Easynote is similar but not identical. They also don't seem to have grasped the mass-market price point, and are targeting it at the people who buy today's expensive ultraportable laptops intead. They are both based on the VIA Nanobook reference design. Each individual OEM will modify the design a little bit. This has some real advantages over the EEE. DVI output is a big one. Touchscreen, Bluetooth -- EEE hasn't got them. Not quite — the Packard Bell Easynote is similar but not identical. They also don’t seem to have grasped the mass-market price point, and are targeting it at the people who buy today’s expensive ultraportable laptops intead.

They are both based on the VIA Nanobook reference design. Each individual OEM will modify the design a little bit.

This has some real advantages over the EEE. DVI output is a big one. Touchscreen, Bluetooth — EEE hasn’t got them.

]]> By: Xavier http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/10/everex-takes-on-eee-for-cheapskates-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-537604 Xavier Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:42:30 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/10/everex-takes-on-eee-for-cheapskates-everywhere/#comment-537604 This is already available in Europe, under the Packard Bell brand, but with XP instead of Linux. http://www.notebooks.com/2007/11/21/review-packard-bell-easynote-xs-everex-ce/ This is already available in Europe, under the Packard Bell brand, but with XP instead of Linux.

http://www.notebooks.com/2007/11/21/review-packard-bell-easynote-xs-everex-ce/

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