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Everex Releases New, Bigger, $399 Laptop

by Tim Stevens on April 1, 2008 at 06:59 AM

Everex Releases New, Bigger, $399 Laptop

Everex was an almost complete unknown in the laptop market until recently, when the company's dirt-cheap Cloudbook appeared on the scene. It's a small, slow, but surprisingly inexpensive machine that has won the hearts of many budget-conscious mobile computer users, especially those who tend to favor Linux, the free operating system that comes installed on the thing. Now, Everex is following up their earlier success with a new model, the larger but equally cheap VA1500V.

No, it doesn't quite have the same ring as "Cloudbook," but it also features far fewer compromises made in the name of the other's tiny form-factor. The VA1500V packs a 15.4-inch screen, more than twice that of its little 7-inch predecessor. It's CPU is about 20% faster (1.5 gigahertz vs. 1.2), and it offers 60-gigabytes of storage space vs. the 30 in its littler brother. So, it's bigger and faster than the Cloudbook, but still retails for just $399.

The catch? Well, like the Cloudbook, you get a custom operating system based on Linux which may or may not run many of your applications. There are plenty of alternative (and mostly free) Linux apps out there for things like word processing and spreadsheet calculations, but if you tend to like your familiar Windows interface, this may not be for you.

From Engadget and NewEgg

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