Hands-On with the Everex CloudBook Max

by atticus ~ June 16, 2008

LaptopMag has posted a short hands-on review on the Everex CloudBook Max and they are of the opinion that the new model is an improvement over the original CloudBook. Here’s what they have to say:

As for hardware, the system feels a lot more sturdy. With a larger 8.9-inch footprint, the system gives you more real estate on the screen and keyboard. However, the trackpad is still extremely small. It is definitely smaller than on the Eee PC 701, but larger than the original’s finger-size pad located above the keyboard. I do not miss that odd thing.

The CloudBook Max on display was running Windows XP, which sure beats the gOS that was originally preloaded on the system. I have no complaints about the sizing of the windows on the 8.9-inch display; looks like they adjusted the OS for the system this time around!

Still powered by the same VIA CM-7 chip, the CloudBook Max was still was pretty warm, but I am happy to report that performance was a whole lot better. Launching applications took no more than a few seconds and thankfully it took nowhere near a minute like previously experienced. Boot time, compared to the original’s almost 3 minutes was blazing fast at around 54 seconds.