Comments on: Everex CloudBook Mini Review Verdict: Needs More Time in the Oven

By: Dominik Hoffmann

Dominik Hoffmann — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:14:43 +0000

Everex, it appears, closed today. Their website states:

Everex is Closed

We regret to inform you that Everex is no longer in business. We have closed our operations and are in the process of liquidation of all our assets.

All current issues that are currently in for repair work will be completed and returned to their respective owners. This will be done in the order that they were received. All items that are not returnable will be held in our liquidation assets pending contacts or liquidation, which ever comes first.

We would like to thank all those whom have supported us through the years.

Thank you and Good Day.

- Everex Staff

By: James

James — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:08:31 +0000

Follow-up: when I followed the prompt to download the numerous software updates, the OS crashed. Customer Support said yeah, we’ve been having problems with bugs in the updates…whatever. I returned the unit to Walmart for a refund. Maybe the next model (”Cloudmax”?) will work out the kinks.

By: James

James — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:38:05 +0000

picked one up when walmart dropped the price to $300. It’s taking me a while to get the hang of the touchpad, the unfamiliar OS etc., but at this price for an on-the-go web browser, it’s fine. youtube does work well but when playing music videos I notice that the speakers are ridiculously tinny. I’m typing this on the cloudbook keyboard and it’s slow and painful going. So I’ll stop.

By: KaBam

KaBam — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:07:24 +0000

so for a newbie, out of the box to surf quick lookups and generic emails… go or Nogo?

By: Magoonski

Magoonski — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:38:28 +0000

I just bought mine a week ago from Circuit City (I would have bought the EEE but it was a Circuit City only giftcard). The price is $400, yes, it is available in the USA and yes…
The touchpad mouse grows on you!
For the first 48 hours owning it I kept going to the normal spot for the mouse but when I got the hang of it the placement of the touchpad felt more natural, especially since the WINDOWS ARE TOO BIG FOR THE SCREEN. In most of the applications that’s not a problem (like with firefox, the full screen keeps you in the screen) but the windows for the gOS itself are too big. This is not to annoying because combine the touchpad placement and using the ‘alt’ you can drag the windows around with ease.
I haven’t tried itunes as of yet but youtube works fine…the only problems I seem to have is when it goes into sleep mode…the speakers don’t turn back on! The program will ask if the speakers should be reloaded but it doesn’t always load it correctly and then you have to restart if you want sound.
I am thinking about putting Ubuntu on it but I’m being cautious because there is no C7-M option when selecting a processor and I sorely lack the m4d sk1llz to compensate for any problems that might occur.
I hope this was helpful, have a nice day all!

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:40:28 +0000

Why do we need gOS? I’m an Ubuntu user and would like an small notebook pre-loaded with Ubuntu. Yes, I realize gOS is based on Ubuntu but that isn’t close enough as I have several systems that I support that run Ubuntu and the last thing I need is a different system that I have maintain by looking in different places. Yes, I know can install Ubuntu but why? It is my money and I will spend it on what I want. If this system doesn’t have enough cpu or gpu horsepower to run Ubuntu then it doesn’t have enough horsepower. I’d like to buy a small notebook but I’ve got to agree with the verdict: Needs more time in the oven.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:55:24 +0000

Already said this in another forum but I might as well repeat it here…. I was looking forward to the Cloudbook but finally got an EeePC 4G with webcam. It’s great! I didn’t really like the Xandros OS but decided to keep it anyway so I installed Ubuntu on a 4GB SDHC CL6 (until I get a 32GB) w/2GB ram and Ubuntu works great! I have it dual booting with Xandros. Even with Ubuntu you have to use the Alt+click to move the window sometimes because the 800×480 isn’t a standard screen size, but it’s not a problem. And in most cases you can increase the font size with Ctrl++ to ease eye strain (I need glasses). You will need to tweak it for Ubuntu to recognize some stuff but the Ubuntu community site has it covered and it will probably be the same for the Cloudbook. I also use the small icons in Firefox to get as much screen as possible. BTW, jr accidentally pushed my EeePC off the kitchen table while my back was turned. I heard the crash, picked up my Eee and it was still running fine, just has a scratch on the corner of the lid/screen where it hit the floor, it didn’t even flinch, my mom was talking to me on Skype at the time… Try that with a full size laptop!!! PS: Compiz runs on a standard Ubuntu EeePC install.

By: TeDd

TeDd — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:54:12 +0000

@Tanooki
Thanks for reply, i know the target for this “sub-notebook” is different, but i’m only ask if this hardware is also able to play a HD divx on DVI port at decent resolution.

By: Tanooki

Tanooki — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:01:19 +0000

@TeDd

The Cloudbook or the Eee PC are not meant to be used for serious mainstream purposes. If you want that kind of functionality then go buy yourself a Clevo D901C or a Dell XPS-M.

Think of these miniature laptops as a step below UMPC but better than say a classic Jornada 720, 728, or NEC MobilePro 900 PDA.

If you are looking for something for HD Divx, DVD/BlueRay ripping & encoding, Crysis playable…etc then these are not what you are looking for. You will be gravely disappointed

By: MiGs

MiGs — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:16:44 +0000

I thought it was a small typewriter.

MiGs