Raon Digital Offers SSD-based Everun Note variants.
Posted by: Chippy
Raon Digital will offer two new variants of the Everun Note UMPC that we tested last month. The two models will be SSD-based and will come as high-end and low-end alternatives to the existing HDD-based model, the D60H. The low-end device (S16S) will offer Ubuntu Mobile and a 12GB MLC SSD with the CPU swapped out for a Sempron CPU running at 1.2Ghz. The high-end model (D24S) will retain Windows XP and the Dual-Core Turion but will come with a 24GB split SSD with 8GB of Fast SLC and 16GB of standard MLC flash memory. Prices aren’t available at resellers yet but we’re told that Raon are aiming for a $659 pre-tax retail price on the low-end model when it becomes available in mid-November and $950 pre-tax price on the high-end model which is already available for ordering by resellers.
Taking away one of the stand-out features of the Everun Note, the processing power, in order to lower the price is a questionable move but you’re still left with an extremely small use-anywhere ultra mobile touchscreen PC at a reasonable price. As for the D24S, you’re getting a faster version of one of the fastest UMPCs out there. Need we say more, apart from ‘where’s the built-in 3G Raon?’
All three devices are now detailed in the database.
October 10th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Great! Finally!!!
I’m looking forward to performance reviews of the low-end model. Linux, SSD and the form-factor are the main points for what I want. Less performances are fine if I get the appropriate discount.
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October 10th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Hope there will be a black version
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October 10th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Got to know about battery life too, as a lot of people seems to say that Turion is less power-hungry that Sempron.
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October 10th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
I think it should be the opposite because Sempron is only 1 core and also less powerful than Turion. Hope the heat and noise are also reduced.
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October 10th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Raon tell me there will be a significant reduction in heat which indicates less power drain by the CPU.
Steve
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October 10th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Great!!! Another good point for the “low-end” model
Reminds me of the Gigabyte M912M where “less is more”
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October 10th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
NOW, all they need is 2-3 watts of power use and sunlight outdoors full use “for the screen”, AND ADD then the ability to under-clock THAT new CPU to “idle” speeds to conserve even more POWER (then battery life will grow, and this nice Everun Note design will be much more acceptable as a “modern mobile” device. The OLPC XO had a slow processor, used very little power, dual mode screen that could be used outdoors, yet could still run YouTube videos just FINE.
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October 10th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
PS - Are you getting the Sempron version for testing? If so, when? If they say November for this to be released… then, they must have a prototype that they can throw your way Steve for some “real user type of testing and live abuse”…
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October 10th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I think the SSD of the S16S should be 16Gb, no?
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October 10th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Thanks Duc.
Corrected.
Steve
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October 10th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
I heard too that sempron is more power hungry,it will cost less than turion,but in the end its an ugly
choice to make between!
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October 10th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
thats good news . i dont need the power , just the small form factor and the cheaper price.
just waiting for it to turn black
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October 11th, 2008 at 2:25 am
When I contacted Raon Digital about black versions, they said that they do not plan on having any at all.
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October 11th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
i think that just might be marketing talk. i cant believe they wouldnt make a black version especially whn their already was a prototype black one.
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October 11th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
I was thinking that myself. Their justification was that white was the preference in the countries where it was mostly sold. They also told the same thing to one of their resellers when they inquired about the black version.
They did say that if there was enough market interest then they would think about it. There may be quite a lot of us here who want a black version but how much is this number when thinking about the overall market.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
This is a power toy… guys get these, not girls… EVERY single guy I know HATES WHITE ones.
October 11th, 2008 at 7:27 am
Too bad, I won’t buy one until there is a black version. Come on Raon Digital!
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October 13th, 2008 at 4:29 am
This is definitely a nice move of Raon. It’s more likely they will soon offer Everun with Netbook CPU when AMD launch it.
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October 13th, 2008 at 7:20 am
i notice moblix has these at a pre tax price of $669, so u save $10 by choosing the low end model ?
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November 18th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Why on earth can’t one get a Turion model with Ubuntu?
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