The Cloudbook is shipping and people are unboxing. CloudbookUMPC.com are doing a good job of tracking the reviews and others are relaying info and thoughts as they read them.
The lean green Linux machine doesn’t seem to be getting a Wow! response from owners but that’s something I expected. The Packard Bell Easynote XS20 was rather uninspiring too. What I am seeing that is different is that the gOS installation is causing some negative comments from the early reviewers. Having first-boot dialogs that go off the screen is unforgivable. No web-cam support, an iffy WiFI stack and a fixed 800×480 resolution on external monitors is silly too. These problems are all attributable to the OS. Personally I think that many people people will tire of ‘going it alone’ on a niche operating system build and will look for that XP upgrade. Maybe Everex and VIA should just bite the bullet and launch the XP version for $50 more before it causes them a huge PR headache because the early reports on the web are the ones that are going to ‘stick’ in Google. If I was the product manager I’d get someone to contact the owners that are blogging directly to offer thanks and support.
Edit: It looks like the reports of problems are already having an effect. (Thanks JKK)
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