Everex Cloudbook: Ultra-mobile, Green & Linux
- January 9th, 2008
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Product Name: Everex Cloudbook
Description: An “ultra-mobile” PC that runs on gOS Rocket
Price: $399
In-store date: January 25 (at Walmart.com)
Site: Everex
Why it’s cool: It’s green (as in the environment), which is chic nowadays, and does seem to offer a decent power:performance ratio given the price. The Linux-based gOS Rocket has a really impressive UI, too.
Adam (Who am I?)
6 months ago
Is that a DVI port on the side?
Former EEEnthusiast (Who am I?)
6 months ago
Yes, that’s a DVI port. Thanks to VIA for having the foresight to put it into the reference design. In the PC world, some laptops costing twice as much don’t even have a digital out.
To sum up differences with Asus EEE:
1. DVI instead of VGA out.
2. 30 GB Hard drive vs. 4 GB soldered-on SSD (for the $400 model).
3. Tiny two-hand trackpad vs. conventional trackpad.
VIA made some interesting design tradeoffs which gives this a slight edge in capability. Wish the touchscreen + Bluetooth model had gone into production instead. That would have been a really significant expansion of capability, following the original UMPC vision where touch was integral.
Matt (Who am I?)
6 months ago
What’s the point when you can get a full-powered notebook on sale for around $50-100 more than the Cloudbook or Eee? Sure, a normal notebook isn’t as portable as these, but at least it’s got power to actually run multiple programs at once. You can put Linux on it yourself, if you want.
sadf (Who am I?)
6 months ago
The point is that this is a B5 notebook. …much smaller than your average $500 notebook, but still large enough to touch type on.
Adam (Who am I?)
6 months ago
The point is to have a truly portable computer, I have an EEE and I really like it and the other small (but usable) form-factors. Yes you can spend a little more or even the same money for a full-sized laptop, hell I have a 400$ Tosh laptop that I bought 6 months ago, but when I travel if I had to choose between the 6+ pounds for the 15″ Tosh with power adapter and such or the sub 3 pounds for the EeePC (or something like the Cloudbook) I can tell you it’s far nicer to save the weight, especially considering the Eee will run multiple programs without thinking about it. Hell my EeePC will run Compiz and the Tosh can’t (still not happy with ATI about that). I think once a few more companies get into this market we’ll see some really cool stuff.
Confused (Who am I?)
5 months ago
The specs look great. On the other hand there is a HUGE disadvantage. The cloudbook has NO RIGHT SHIFT KEY on the keyboard. I wonder why they made such a basic error. I would personally wait and get a clone that has a proper keyboard.