Comments on: Everex Cloudbook Announced: First Real Eee PC Competitor?

By: zarneth

zarneth — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:42:26 +0000

No solid state HDD. Which means it will run incredibly slow.

By: lops

lops — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:57:28 +0000

Barlow I laugh about people like you.
Play halo on Eee – man get a life. Most people buy Eee because it’s small and light and cheap- perfect for traveling. I break it, loose it or somebody steals it from me, I won’t suffer much.
If you want to play Halo, buy proper AlienWare desktop multimedia PC for that purpose..

By: Barlow

Barlow — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:03:43 +0000

Can the Cloudbook play Halo on it? I am curious to know how it would perform to an EEEPC doing the same.

Also, can you upgrade the ram in the Cloudbook/ Packard Bell EasyNote XS?

Thanks!

By: TERENCE

TERENCE — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:23:30 +0000

This is the next thing: Putting Flash memory to use in hard drives & transferable data storage – instant on – low power use/low heat – read only software for virus protection. It is coming and here is the beginning.

We can easily have a laptop a la eeepc etc that has a flash drive bay for specialized programs, games, and storage – something closed for secure transport and accessible for swapping.

What is needed is a power source available cheaply world wide – AA batteries. AA batteries can be rechargeable in the unit and available wherever – in rural Africa, Indonesia & Louisiana.

It would fly.

By: brody

brody — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:51:55 +0000

I think the 30GB hdd is actually much better than having a soldered ssd that cannot be upgraded. This is the main selling point for me, I want to be able to upgrade to a poor man’s ssd (cf card) using an ide to cf adapter. I really, really wanted to get an Eee but I refuse to be saddled with a single 4GB drive for the lifetime of the product.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:06:05 +0000

“the PacBell marquee is a copyright that was sold to the same OEM outsourcer as Everex marquee is owned. I think Commodore also sold naming rights… so brand names are no longer true representations of quality.” Who would _want_ to use Packard Bell’s name as a representation of quality??

By: nobody

nobody — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:37:12 +0000

Computer part stores (tiny OEM private dealers that sell to public) always jump on these kinds of products – have been for ages like this. every well-knowing customer should know of all their OEM part stores in their area – if they don’t – then that’s just criminal.

By: nobody

nobody — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:34:21 +0000

just to say here.. the PacBell marquee is a copyright that was sold to the same OEM outsourcer as Everex marquee is owned. I think Commodore also sold naming rights… so brand names are no longer true representations of quality. It’s been a long time this fact was true.

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:59:14 +0000

Well as far as the cloudbook is concerned I would have bought it if it were the only thing available. But I am very happy with the Eee and it is much more stylish and ergonomic to boot. Plus the cloudbooks traditional hard drive is a turn off to me. So although its an interesting product, I won’t be converted.

And with regards to microcenter, we have one where I live here in California and they have black and white Eee’s in stock. Their in-store display sucks though. The Eee is tucked into some obscure corner and I think that is because their margins are higher on their more expensive laptops.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:50:22 +0000

Oops. I am not a Micro Center representative – I just put the link in the wrong place. Sorry.

http://www.microcenter.com/