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Asus EEE laptops have been flying off shelves of late, and a new offering from Everex is hoping to capitalize on the public's passion for bargain priced ultraportables.

Picture of an Everex CloudbookHere atLaptopical we love a value-priced, green, independent-mindedlaptop as much as we love those desktop replacers,corporate-crowd pleasers, and gaming masterpieces. After all, whowas one of the first to bring you news on the OneLaptop Per Child XO program in 2005? Laptopical. In thistradition of bringing to you the alternatives to high-pricedmobile computing, we next spotlight the Everex CloudBook. Forabout the same price as the Asus Eee-$399 retail-theCloudBook raises the bar for value-based laptops, well,sky-high.
Weighing in at 2 pounds and fitting into a slender 9-inch frame,the rather plain-looking black notebook provides features thatare all but plain for the price. You get a plethora of ports andconnectivity-USB, DVI, 4-in-1 media card reader, Ethernet,802.11b/g, headphone, microphone-combined with additionalcomponents you'd not expect from something that's supposed to bebarebones-such as stereo speakers and a Webcam.

The hardware is of course a bit barebones, like the 1.2 GHz VIAprocessor and the 512MB of RAM. The 30GB of hard drive, though,dwarfs the 4GB flash drive in the Eee. But this is not acompetition, right? You almost have to buy these laptops to provea point-that you want to live the alternative computinglifestyle, free from the mainstream operating systems and theirprocessor intensive apps. The CloudBook fits perfectly into thismindset.

It is based on the Linux-based gOS Rocket operating system, whichcomes loaded with Google apps and other Web-based freeware builtin, such as Mozilla, Skype, and OpenOffice.

And in keeping with the whole alt hipster image, the CloudBook isalso green. Its 4-cell Lithium-Ion battery can last 5 hours,while the computer purrs along during operations like it isn'teven awake.

One potential downside to this high-flying ultraportable notebook is whereit will be sold. I personally have no problem with Wal-Mart.com.But some crunchy-feely folks might. But if you're one of them,Everex claims that the CloudBook will be available at "fineretailers throughout North America" starting this month. Everex must be hoping their Cloudbook will prove as popular as the EEE PC, but they will have to shift a lot of units to catch up with Asus's flagship ultraportable. Keep tabs on Everex's site for the latest.

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