Asus Eee PC vs. Everex Cloudbook

[bastian1926]

I used to have an Everex desk top about a year ago. It took everything I threw at it, had decent memory and all, and for the most part, it was pretty useful. However, my biggest complaint is that it was so slow even on booting up like yours. I had an AMD Sempron processor in it, so I wonder if that had something to do with it. I'd recommend to a kid for a good starter computer, but that's about it.

[GURULUDE1]

that look like some shitty shit... damm it reminds me of the apple computer from 93... lol

[SmashCOBamberg]

what's the exact name of the linux distro running on the eeepc? And can u install it on any netbook?

[jameswx09]

How much did they cost? $50? Those are crap.

[randomness48]

what OS was EEE running? doesnt look like windows

[adamsdead2]

Its running a linux distro

[djsmiker]

nooob, eee has a customized os, tweaked just for basic functionalities, while the cloudbook boots and ubuntu distro, so its evident it has to wait more to boot a more complex system, think before wasting your time recording a useless video, we dont need more advertisings ;)

[Hildron101010]

If it is running Ubuntu, why did it say GOS?

[djsmiker]

I meant its debian :)

[Hildron101010]

But why does it say GOS?

[rtdninja]

omg im getttin a eee

[jssawyer1993]

would this have the same result be the same if both were running Windows XP????

[howlettman]

i dont care about booting CLOUDBOOK FTW!!!!!!

[joeythegeek1942]

omfg, it took the everex cloudbook 3 minutes to boot, wow. what a piece of crap...

luckily i got the Eee PC, i was thinking of getting the cloudbook when i got the eee pc... funny...

[evilBunny81]

in this time my eee 1000H boots windows XP from a regular hd, as for the comment below that 1 gig vs 512mb makes a dif when booting that is just un true during a boot memory usage never exceeds 128 mb.

[mahadragon]

There is a huge difference between 512 ram and 1 gb ram. The biggest performance difference is between these two. After you get past 2 gb the performance gains are minimal although you do experience gains.

[MACHINEGUN01841]

hel yea what was this guy talking about!!!?

[klingondude]

Well. The reason the Cloudbook is slower is because unlike the Linux Eee PC, the Cloudbook contains a full Linux Distro.

While the Eee contains a special one created just for it.

Plus, the Eee has a Solid State Drive while the Cloudbook has a Hard Disk Drive

[WinVistaUser2]

Dude, if you want to play games on an Asus Eee PC, you need an External Hard Drive aka USB, an External DVD-RW, Windows XP after formatting the Main Hard Drive, a mouse (optional), and for creating bootdisk to install older Windows, an External Floppy Drive.

External Hard Drives, and DVD-ROMS are for Windows 98se and higher, Mac OS 9.2 and higher, and that's it. Some External or just 1 USB Floppy Drive(s) can work on Windows 95B OEM2.1, Windows 95C OEM2.5 and Higher.

[XanaHarken]

Is that how you really pronounce Asus?? I usually pronounce it as A-Seus(Like Zeus but with an S)

[sorbon1785]

I can understand mispronouncing Asus, as most Americans do, but why does this kid keep saying "Triple E." How did he get ahold of these things without reading / watching anything about them? He doesn't even mention internal hardware just the "form factor."

What a joke.

[bradmann85]

wow its like looking at the loading bar of the internet when using dialup

[tingokuman]

thank you very much for the review i was looking to purchase one of these today and ive been looking for a non biased review from a real person

[airasiax]

how much have you filled the cloudbook up, if its full, it will be slower

[Eastyles]

The boot time may be slower compared to the Eee although that doesn't mean the OS is slow in its usage. In addition Linux based machines don't need to be restarted all that often, I'm pretty sure the gOS has a hibernate option which saves power and boot up time.

[rockdark222]

ASUS how many inches'' ??

[winqkinq]

asus has a 7 inch screen

[PWNZORDIZED]

wow that everex is fugly. As well as being slow.

I am getting an eee pc  soon :)

[OprahDust]

wow, the cloudbook is not very eye tasty...

[francescomm]

I have an Eee and can confirm that boot time with the default OS is fantastic. Speed is the same *WITHOUT ADDITIONAL RAM*. The reasons it is so fast are:

- Thin and very *simple* OS (others are not as quick at startup).

- The SSD. While *NOT* much faster than traditional HDs in MB/s, it is *VERY* quicker in access times: no head moving = no wait to be at the right place to read a file.

If you are loading 100 small files scattered all over, like at startup, you result in being 900% faster!!

[francescomm]

I do agree the comparison is not exactly fair (SSD based vs HD based), but I do agree that both machines are competing in the marketplace with the same configuration they are being tested with.

So the Eee *is* faster at boot, but the Cloudbook has a much larger storage space in exchange. Many people before buying a PC ask "hard disk size?" and take decision based on that. Few ask "average boot time?" although when using it, later, they do feel the difference.

[jr026]

yea u have a good point there im gonna get me a cloudbook

[DrakCorpInc]

BUT... this are subnotebooks. why you wanna have a lot of HD space if it's a portable device? if you wanna have big space connect your IPOD to the EEE PC and have 160 gigabytes instantly.

why bother with the original HD size?

[jr026]

dude y would u carry bothe the ee pc and the i pod?

[DrakCorpInc]

is it really THAT weird?

I carry the EEE to work and the IPOD for hearing music on my way work. ;)

[jr026]

yea kinda =]...but u can do watevr u wanna do right.

[skaterboy972]

More like get Flash drives/External drives. External drives if you have like a backpack and u can connect it to it while your external drive is in your backpack/luggage w/e want it to be in.

[DrakCorpInc]

yeah, maybe.

but why spend more money? I already have an ipod. why getting a flash drive? ;D

[HiddenAdept]

The Cloudbook touchpad is designed so you can use the touch-pad while carrying the system with both hands. Also, 8GB or less storage is pretty lame...would have to carry an external hard drive with you everywhere to use the eee... the cloudbook isn't very good though...I'm going to grab a Pioneer Dreambook Light IL1 since it has the new VIA VX800U chipset and a 5'400 RPM hard disk. The CloudBook MAX is also a similar option and will probably be cheaper than the Dreambook.

[greggh]

I can't understand why you would make a point to say that you prefer the crappy awkwardly placed touchpad on the cloudbook over the decent sized and easily accessed touchpad on the eee. In my mind the badly implented touchpad on the cloudbook is one of it's main weaknesses keeping me from buying it.

[robertnelson]

Its all in how you use the trackpad, I use these laptops either at a desk or table or while sitting on the couch relaxing.

While at a desk or table, I almost always use a separate USB mouse (with the Eee or Cloudbook) so the experience there is the same.

More important for me, and why I prefer the oddly placed trackpad on the Cloudbook is because its really nice to have when sitting back and relaxing, the ability to use it two handed while surfing (at least for me) is much more convenient.

[gonepishing]

woah..... thats really slow

[wildfire8]

I know that, that is the principle of the cloudbook is to compete with the eee pc but he is saying that the couldbook is slower. with the setups he has there is no real way that the cloudbook will win.

[wildfire8]

and 1 more thing is that the eeepc is running off of solid state drive (flash) and the cloud book is running off of a hard drive. you have to have the test setups as close to the same as you can.

[wildfire8]

the extra 512mb of ram that the eeepc has will make a big difference in boot time. it the system will be able to load more of the os in to the ram when it is booting. you should put the 1gb in the cloud book and the 512mb in the eeepc and do the same test. or put 1gb in both and see if there is a big difference then.

[jamerican347]

Try XP on both then boot both!

JAmerican

[SicSolution]

so i may sound like a n0ob right now but uhh, why can't you change the OS?

[videowatcher06]

y move the screen to enter password?? am i gonna find out where you live and login to the eeepc and steal your gay porn?

[robertnelson]

good call, to be honest i am not really sure, i guess you can just call it force of habit

[Jayayess1190]

EEE SSD FTW! Can't wait to buy a 2nd Generation EEE!

[Zyro71]

um wats the Os on the everx

[Skullgrl]

gOS, Google took linux and google-a-fied it. (I'm terrible with technical terms) I want the Cloudbook but only if I can change that OS!

[AdleyJulian]

Sorry to double post, but have you clocked the boot speeds of both the cloudbook and eeepc with XP SP 2?

[AdleyJulian]

I think it's 1) the OS and 2) the 30GB hard drive.

[khosbayarUlaanbaatar]

tnx, that was painfull

[groversings]

yeah....that bootup time with the everex would irritate me....awesome side by side comp.!