[Discuss] everex cloudbook

[Ronald Schouten]

I'm not overly keen on gOS. I don't really know much about it to be honest.
The hardware seems to be moving in the right direction though.

The concept of a web application centric, UMPC with tablet features is nice
though. I would be more motivated to buy one if it had a low-power, book
reading mode (like the OLPC) and did away with the hard drive in favour of a
faster booting, lighter flash-based drive. Oh, and had a display resolution
of at least 1024 (so many sites/apps become tedious to use at 800).

Regardless of what the specs of the device are, I would probably want to
physically see and touch it before buying it and to get around the hype of
the web fronts. Too much of an unknown to spend approx. $500 on.

R

On 10/01/2008, Lloyd Budd <foolswisdom at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 9, 2008 10:15 PM, Ronald Schouten <ron at atomeo.com> wrote:
> > I believe it is. It runs the new Ubuntu derivative gOS
> > (http://www.thinkgos.com/), which has a Web Application slant.
> >
> > LinuxDevices has a good article on it
> > (http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6962839488.html). The pictures
> > show no track pad but toward the bottom of the article you will see
> > mention of a touchscreen feature in the developer edition.
> >
> > Of all the UMPC models being introduced this one seems the most
> > interesting (not including the OLPC).
>
> Really, the most interesting? I can't be distracted by the web fronts
> of the organizations behind it.
>
> gOS and everex unfortunately both come across as... well this comment
> on their forum rings true, "unfortunately gOS seems more like a
> college kids dorm project than an actual supported product. FAQLY is
> another dorm project written by one of the everex boys, so we are
> probably stuck with it." http://www.faqly.com/faq/view/id/34 . After
> visiting the those light on support forums check out the comments on
> Everex forums http://www.everexforum.com/forum/index.php .
>
> Both sites are very light on detail and high on buzz word droppings
> and tilted images. What struck a nerve for me is the "green" angle
> with nothing to back it up other than lots of the use of the color
> green.
>
> --
> I can't grow without light,
> Lloyd
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