You could install Windows XP, Paul Kim, the Director of Marketing for Everex, has confirmed that Windows XP drivers will be available on Everex.com. The 30GB hard disk will allow a full XP installation, this is good advantage for all the windows users that are planning to buy the cloudbook.
If you were suiting up to brave the cold and make the long, arduous journey to Wal-Mart (or walmart.com) today to pick up Everex's $399 potential Eee PC blood-rival, the Cloudbook, just strip back down, plop back into your chair, and make a big mug of cocoa. Like enough to last you until late February, since that's the earliest you'll be able to snag a Cloudbook now. Everex is holding back the Cloudbook for nearly a month to make "a couple of last-minute software tweaks," presumably to gOS, its Ubuntu-based Linux mutation. As long as it's more intuitive than the XO Laptop's OS, it should be in good shape—its biggest asset is its Wally World distribution channel, which might help secure a slice of a market already reaching saturation, at least judging by slowing Eee PC sales on Amazon.
It looks like the FCC has beaten everyone to the dissecting punch by being the first to rip one apart for the internet to see. Technically, this is the Via Nanobook reference model that the Cloudbook is based upon but little is expected to change. One of the revelations in the FCC filing is the easy access given to the internal hard drive. Good news to those who think 30GB might not be enough, or those who wish to install their own SSD.Also of interest is that apparently the internal WiFi actually consists of a base WiFi USB dongle. Perhaps some enterprising hacker will be able to fit their own 3G or WiMax dongle inside.
Everex has confirmed plans to ship a UMPC (ultra-mobile PC) with a
7-inch screen, similar to competitor Asus's EEE PC. A source close to
the company revealed that the device -- codenamed "Cloudbook".
It will ship with the Google Apps-oriented "gOS" Linux distribution
According to our anonymous source, the initial Cloudbook model will
be powered by a Via C7 ULV processor clocked at 1.2GHz, and come with
a 30GB hard drive. It will ship in mid-January in two models, one of
which will have a 1.2MP webcam. In general, the hardware appears to
closely resemble Via's Nanobook design.