Anyone Seen The New Everex Cloudbook?

[sbk]

Taken from Circuit City website:

Ultra-portable: The Everex CloudBook CE1200V offers more possibilities than you’ve imagined. Weighing just 2 lbs., the CloudBook showcases an ultra-bright 7” display. Equipped with a built-in webcam, the efficient VIA C7-M ULV processor and four-cell battery, this ultra-portable is downright versatile. Check your inbox, watch movies, play music, update presentations, take photos or have a video chat anywhere.

Power-efficient processor: The VIA C7-M ULV is extremely power-efficient and is optimized for low-voltage use in ultra-mobile devices. This high efficiency lets the CloudBook CE1200V last five hours on a single-battery charge.

* This CloudBook CE1200V features 512MB of advanced DDR2 system memory—enough to handle most computing tasks.

* Data travels along the frontside bus. The faster data travels, the faster everything works. This laptop has a 400MHz frontside bus.

* L2 caches keep data neat, organized and nearby so processors can retrieve it more quickly. This 128KB L2 cache gives the processor a little boost.

Hard drive: The 30GB hard drive offers enough room to bring along your favorites. This drive’s data disks spin at 4200rpm. The faster they spin, the faster the data is read and written.

Widescreen display: This ultra-portable PC features a 7” display with 800 x 480 native resolution.

Versatile wireless: True mobility requires easy accessibility. This PC features integrated 802.11bg wireless, allowing you to connect almost any hotspot or network.

Built-in webcam: Whether just chatting on the Web or dashing to make a meeting, the CloudBook CE1200V makes videoconferencing easier than ever. Use the front-facing 0.3 megapixel camera for Web-chatting or for snapshots.

gOS Rocket: Designed and distributed by Linux, this operating system is perfect for on-the-go users. It contains Google and Web 2.0 applications for easier access to online information. Instantly accessing your online work is easy with preloaded Web software that saves your work as you go. The gOS Rocket is designed specifically for ultra-mobile users.

Travel-ready: Every component of the CloudBook CE1200V was designed with a lightweight configuration, while still delivering heavyweight performance. The processor, hard drive and all other components were chosen and designed for their light weight to allow for easier travel. Working with the gOS Rocket operating system, the components of the CloudBook CE1200V deliver effecient results.

Softare bundle:

gOS Rocket operating system

Mozilla Firefox, gMail, Meebo, Skype, Wikipedia, GIMP, Blogger, YouTube, Xing, Movie, Player, RythemBox, Faqly, Facebook, OpenOffice.org 2.3 (includes WRITER, IMPRESS, DRAW, CALC, BASE)

Two pounds?

Here is a review:

Everex Cloudbook

By: Nick Mokey

January 20th, 2008

When it comes to laptops, Asus’ EEE PC set the standard in affordability last year by offering consumers a stripped down machine that would fulfill all of their basic needs without the bloat of a traditional laptop, and with a stripped-down price to match. In the wake of this single machine, many other manufacturers have begun to pile into the ultra-low-cost market, attempting to refine Asus’ formula even further. Chipmaker VIA made one of the first entries with its Nanobook, and other Nanobook-based designs such as the Packard-Bell EasyNote XS and Everex Cloudbook have followed suit. With a $399 USD price tag and widespread availability throughout American mega-retailer Wal-Mart, the Cloudbook could be called one of the most promising in the new breed of subcompact offspring.

To give credit where it’s due, the Cloudbook is still, in almost every respect, an EEE clone. From its tiny 7-inch LCD, to its weight of two pounds, the Cloudbook borrows much of what makes it appealing from its class-forging cousin. But that said, Everex has also attempted to address the EEE’s shortcomings with a handful of its own modifications, and an operating system that is unique to Everex.

For starters, the Cloudbook comes with a 30GB hard drive. Even fans of the Asus EEE have acknowledged that its limited 4GB of flash storage can become a major hindrance, and Cloudbook engineers attempted to sidestep that complaint by switching back to conventional hard drive technology to offer a full 30GB of space. While this will give the system a definite leap in immediate practicality, it should also be noted that it will reintroduce moving parts to the design, perhaps robbing it of some of the durability that solid-state memory offers. Battery life, another motivating factor to use flash memory, appears to be unaffected. Everex claims the system can wring five hours out of a full charge, even longer than the three hours Asus claims for its own flash-based EEE.

To power the ultra-light Cloudbook, Everex reached for VIA’s C7-M ultra-low-voltage 1.2Ghz processor, a notable departure from the 900Mhz Intel Celeron buried in most Asus EEE models. While a leap in clock speed won’t necessarily provide a noticeable boost in performance, VIA’s own benchmarking shows the C7-M ULV outperforming Intel’s ULV models in power efficiency, perhaps explaining the boost in advertised battery life between the systems.

The greatest difference between the Cloudbook and other competing systems, including those that share the VIA Nanobook design it is based on, lies in its operating system. Everex has made a name for itself with its own Linux-based operating system dubbed gOS, which leverages free applications like Gmail and Skype, along with open-source applications like Firefox, GIMP, and OpenOffice, rather than commercial equivalents. You may not see the price of all that software on a traditional notebook, but it’s built into the price, and the $399 USD tag on the Cloudbook shows just how much expense can be shaved off and passed on to the consumer by eliminating it.

When it launches in late January, the Cloudbook will have the potential to become a major player in the subcompact laptop market. For would-be EEE buyers who prefer increased storage over the benefits of solid-state storage, and a different Linux-based operating system with a closer resemblance to OSX, the Cloudbook might be a perfect substitute in this quickly growing field of ultra-low-cost laptops. You can find out more at the company's website.

Source: Reviews at Digitaltrends.com

Sells for $400 in the US

7" is awfully small, but it seem to me the larger hard drive size would make the small screen size less of a negative.

[dave_boo]

Taken from Circuit City website:

Ultra-portable: The Everex CloudBook CE1200V offers more possibilities than you’ve imagined. Weighing just 2 lbs., the CloudBook showcases an ultra-bright 7” display. Equipped with a built-in webcam, the efficient VIA C7-M ULV processor and four-cell battery, this ultra-portable is downright versatile. Check your inbox, watch movies, play music, update presentations, take photos or have a video chat anywhere.

Power-efficient processor: The VIA C7-M ULV is extremely power-efficient and is optimized for low-voltage use in ultra-mobile devices. This high efficiency lets the CloudBook CE1200V last five hours on a single-battery charge.

* This CloudBook CE1200V features 512MB of advanced DDR2 system memory—enough to handle most computing tasks.

* Data travels along the frontside bus. The faster data travels, the faster everything works. This laptop has a 400MHz frontside bus.

* L2 caches keep data neat, organized and nearby so processors can retrieve it more quickly. This 128KB L2 cache gives the processor a little boost.

Hard drive: The 30GB hard drive offers enough room to bring along your favorites. This drive’s data disks spin at 4200rpm. The faster they spin, the faster the data is read and written.

Widescreen display: This ultra-portable PC features a 7” display with 800 x 480 native resolution.

Versatile wireless: True mobility requires easy accessibility. This PC features integrated 802.11bg wireless, allowing you to connect almost any hotspot or network.

Built-in webcam: Whether just chatting on the Web or dashing to make a meeting, the CloudBook CE1200V makes videoconferencing easier than ever. Use the front-facing 0.3 megapixel camera for Web-chatting or for snapshots.

gOS Rocket: Designed and distributed by Linux, this operating system is perfect for on-the-go users. It contains Google and Web 2.0 applications for easier access to online information. Instantly accessing your online work is easy with preloaded Web software that saves your work as you go. The gOS Rocket is designed specifically for ultra-mobile users.

Travel-ready: Every component of the CloudBook CE1200V was designed with a lightweight configuration, while still delivering heavyweight performance. The processor, hard drive and all other components were chosen and designed for their light weight to allow for easier travel. Working with the gOS Rocket operating system, the components of the CloudBook CE1200V deliver effecient results.

Softare bundle:

gOS Rocket operating system

Mozilla Firefox, gMail, Meebo, Skype, Wikipedia, GIMP, Blogger, YouTube, Xing, Movie, Player, RythemBox, Faqly, Facebook, OpenOffice.org 2.3 (includes WRITER, IMPRESS, DRAW, CALC, BASE)

Two pounds?

Here is a review:

Everex Cloudbook

By: Nick Mokey

January 20th, 2008

When it comes to laptops, Asus’ EEE PC set the standard in affordability last year by offering consumers a stripped down machine that would fulfill all of their basic needs without the bloat of a traditional laptop, and with a stripped-down price to match. In the wake of this single machine, many other manufacturers have begun to pile into the ultra-low-cost market, attempting to refine Asus’ formula even further. Chipmaker VIA made one of the first entries with its Nanobook, and other Nanobook-based designs such as the Packard-Bell EasyNote XS and Everex Cloudbook have followed suit. With a $399 USD price tag and widespread availability throughout American mega-retailer Wal-Mart, the Cloudbook could be called one of the most promising in the new breed of subcompact offspring.

To give credit where it’s due, the Cloudbook is still, in almost every respect, an EEE clone. From its tiny 7-inch LCD, to its weight of two pounds, the Cloudbook borrows much of what makes it appealing from its class-forging cousin. But that said, Everex has also attempted to address the EEE’s shortcomings with a handful of its own modifications, and an operating system that is unique to Everex.

For starters, the Cloudbook comes with a 30GB hard drive. Even fans of the Asus EEE have acknowledged that its limited 4GB of flash storage can become a major hindrance, and Cloudbook engineers attempted to sidestep that complaint by switching back to conventional hard drive technology to offer a full 30GB of space. While this will give the system a definite leap in immediate practicality, it should also be noted that it will reintroduce moving parts to the design, perhaps robbing it of some of the durability that solid-state memory offers. Battery life, another motivating factor to use flash memory, appears to be unaffected. Everex claims the system can wring five hours out of a full charge, even longer than the three hours Asus claims for its own flash-based EEE.

To power the ultra-light Cloudbook, Everex reached for VIA’s C7-M ultra-low-voltage 1.2Ghz processor, a notable departure from the 900Mhz Intel Celeron buried in most Asus EEE models. While a leap in clock speed won’t necessarily provide a noticeable boost in performance, VIA’s own benchmarking shows the C7-M ULV outperforming Intel’s ULV models in power efficiency, perhaps explaining the boost in advertised battery life between the systems.

The greatest difference between the Cloudbook and other competing systems, including those that share the VIA Nanobook design it is based on, lies in its operating system. Everex has made a name for itself with its own Linux-based operating system dubbed gOS, which leverages free applications like Gmail and Skype, along with open-source applications like Firefox, GIMP, and OpenOffice, rather than commercial equivalents. You may not see the price of all that software on a traditional notebook, but it’s built into the price, and the $399 USD tag on the Cloudbook shows just how much expense can be shaved off and passed on to the consumer by eliminating it.

When it launches in late January, the Cloudbook will have the potential to become a major player in the subcompact laptop market. For would-be EEE buyers who prefer increased storage over the benefits of solid-state storage, and a different Linux-based operating system with a closer resemblance to OSX, the Cloudbook might be a perfect substitute in this quickly growing field of ultra-low-cost laptops. You can find out more at the company's website.

Source: Reviews at Digitaltrends.com

Sells for $400 in the US

7" is awfully small, but it seem to me the larger hard drive size would make the small screen size less of a negative.

Sounds an awful lot like the notebook norhtec is bringing out.

7" is kinda small, but OTHO, it's usually the resolution that bothers me. Web pages involve a LOT of scrolling on sub-1024x768 screens.

The other thing to consider is that these laptops are usually fairly easy to upgrade in terms of the hdd space. While I haven't had the time to play around with gOS (I've got it downloaded, but haven't fired it up in a VM), I was fairly impressed by eeePC's OS. Until of course I blew it from the 'hdd' (can we still call them hdd if they're flash based?) and installed my beloved SuSE.

[slackula]

Taken from Circuit City website:

gOS Rocket: Designed and distributed by Linux,

How do people who write things as stupid as that manage to keep their jobs?

[dave_boo]

Taken from Circuit City website:

gOS Rocket: Designed and distributed by Linux,

How do people who write things as stupid as that manage to keep their jobs?

Well, people believe in an invisible man upstairs, so maybe they believe in a little fat penguin cranking out code to be used by geeks.

[klikster]

Everex .. these guys still around? My first NEW personal computer was an Everex laptop .. maybe 6" monochrome screen 20 m hard drive DOS .. US$ 2,000 .. ci '90?

My absolute first (at the office) was an Apple II, 48K!!!!!!!!

[Richard-BKK]

My first Everex product was a 2MB memory card for the IBM PC-AT, this was a full sized 16-bit ISA card which was filled with memory chips.

I belief that I paid, back in the mid-80's more for that memory card then I paid for my whole current computer. What can time fly when you have fun.