$400 Cloudbook Takes Aim On The Eee PC

Voldy · 04-03-2008, 08:17 PM

Everex's Cloudbook is a scrappy fella that could pose a challenge to its only serious rival if more time is spent perfecting the rough cut of Linux that hobbles it.

The hardware is stout and portable, with an 800 x 480 7-inch display, 1.2GHz Via C7 chip, 2 USB ports, ethernet, a webcam, and 512MB of RAM. Unlike the Eee PC, it has a 30GB hard drive. It's not very glam looking, but it is clean-lined and genuinely small. Marketed as green and web-friendly, the Cloudbook is loaded with links to Google's online suite; it's well-aligned with web-app lovers needing a budget backup machine. For the rest of us, OpenOffice, the Gimp, and all the other FOSS favorites are pre-installed and ready to roll.

But those are just frosting on an otherwise disappointing core. Wi-Fi connections drop frequently — the software that controls wireless connectivity is seemingly unable to play friendly with secured networks. The first shipment is set to a desktop theme that's confusing to use at the native display resolution. Wal-Mart shoppers just getting used to the $200 Everex desktop will find themselves facing a different window manager on its $400 laptop. The OSX-like dock is also glitchy.

If it wasn't for the Eee PC, it would be a struggle to criticize a cheap subnotebook that would have been a great deal just a year ago. As things stand, it's an alternative only if you need plenty of storage and are willing to wait for its problems to be patched away. For the money, the Eee PC is still the finest sub notebook on the market. —Rob Beschizza

For: So small you don't know it's there. Decent keyboard. 30GB of storage puts it in a category of its own. Cheap and cheerful.

Against: Software setup not fully baked. WiFi stability roulette. Slow to boot, slow to launch. Mangy desktop configuration. Small, oddly-placed trackpad.

Source

Gigacore · 04-03-2008, 08:19 PM

lots of competition building up on Eee..

and please post the exact source link

Voldy · 04-03-2008, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Gigacore

lots of competition building up on Eee..

and please post the exact source link

dude i had edited and posted the source link

**MetalheadGautham** · 04-03-2008, 08:55 PM

already a thread running
The CloudBook - Bye Bye EEE PC!

04-03-2008, 08:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
Voldy The Dark lord Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Riddle house Posts: 361	$400 Cloudbook Takes Aim On The Eee PC Everex's Cloudbook is a scrappy fella that could pose a challenge to its only serious rival if more time is spent perfecting the rough cut of Linux that hobbles it. The hardware is stout and portable, with an 800 x 480 7-inch display, 1.2GHz Via C7 chip, 2 USB ports, ethernet, a webcam, and 512MB of RAM. Unlike the Eee PC, it has a 30GB hard drive. It's not very glam looking, but it is clean-lined and genuinely small. Marketed as green and web-friendly, the Cloudbook is loaded with links to Google's online suite; it's well-aligned with web-app lovers needing a budget backup machine. For the rest of us, OpenOffice, the Gimp, and all the other FOSS favorites are pre-installed and ready to roll. But those are just frosting on an otherwise disappointing core. Wi-Fi connections drop frequently — the software that controls wireless connectivity is seemingly unable to play friendly with secured networks. The first shipment is set to a desktop theme that's confusing to use at the native display resolution. Wal-Mart shoppers just getting used to the $200 Everex desktop will find themselves facing a different window manager on its $400 laptop. The OSX-like dock is also glitchy. If it wasn't for the Eee PC, it would be a struggle to criticize a cheap subnotebook that would have been a great deal just a year ago. As things stand, it's an alternative only if you need plenty of storage and are willing to wait for its problems to be patched away. For the money, the Eee PC is still the finest sub notebook on the market. —Rob Beschizza For: So small you don't know it's there. Decent keyboard. 30GB of storage puts it in a category of its own. Cheap and cheerful. Against: Software setup not fully baked. WiFi stability roulette. Slow to boot, slow to launch. Mangy desktop configuration. Small, oddly-placed trackpad. Source __________________ Starting tonight... people will die. I'm a man of my word. - The Joker "You either die a hero... or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." Last edited by Voldy; 04-03-2008 at 08:30 PM.

04-03-2008, 08:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Gigacore Dreamweaver Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,885	Re: $400 Cloudbook Takes Aim On The Eee PC lots of competition building up on Eee.. and please post the exact source link __________________ Today's noobs are tomorrow's geeks. Don't make fun of them.. encourage them. - Gigacore Follow me on twitter.com/gigacore

04-03-2008, 08:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
MetalheadGautham The Smaller Bang Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Gautham City Posts: 7,431	Re: $400 Cloudbook Takes Aim On The Eee PC already a thread running The CloudBook - Bye Bye EEE PC! __________________ http://TheSmallerBang.wordpress.com eMachines E725 - T4400 2.2GHz, 1GB, 160GB Nokia 5130XM * T-Sonic 610 2GB Nokia 2323C * Samsung Galaxy Y Apple iPad 2 16GB WiFi

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