- Low Price
- DVI Connector
- Relatively Small and Slow Hard Drive
- Poor Trackpad
- Very Difficult to Upgrade Memory
- VIA C7-M 1.2GHz Mobile Processor
- 512MB PC2-4200 DDR2 Memory (1GB Max)
- 30GB 3600rpm ATA Hard Drive
- 7-inch WVGA (800x480) Wide LCD with VGA Webcam
- VIA UniChrome Pro Integrated Graphics
- Fast Ethernet, 802.11b/g Wireless
- Two USB 2.0 Ports, 4-in-1 Card Reader
- 9.1" x 6.7" x 1.1" @ 2 lbs.
- gOS Linux OS
8/25/08 - The Everex CloudBook has been on the market almost as long as the original Eee PC netbook. Unlike the Eee that was based around Intel's processor, the CloudBook was based on VIA technology. It uses an ultra low voltage VIA C7-M 1.2GHz processor. It isn't an extremely fast processor but it does fine for the basic applications that netbooks are designed for. The 512MB of memory is alright for the gOS Linux based OS, but it would be nice to see more memory. At issue is the fact that users who want to upgrade the memory have to take apart the whole unit to do so.
One of the big draws for the CloudBook is the increased storage space over the limited SSD space of the Eee. Everex uses a 30GB hard drive to give it this extra space. The problem is that the space isn't very much still and the drive spins at a very slow rate that ends up with a lower overall read and write access time from SSD based netbooks. There is a 4-in-1 card read to add some extra storage space with SD cards.
The Everex CloudBook does have a fairly roomy keyboard for such a small unit. They were able to do this by moving the trackpad from the traditional location below the keyboard to above it. The trackpad space has also been reduced to about the size of one's thumb on the right hand side while the left hand side has the two buttons. This makes using the trackpad nearly impossible. It is highly recommended to use a peripheral mouse for any extended use.
In order to keep the costs down, Everex chose to use the gOS Linux operating system for the CloudBook. They did little modifcation to the OS and it is quite difficult to use compared to other Linux netbook implementations. Some might think it looks like Mac OSX but it really is that only in appearance and not functionality.
