The ASUS Eee PC will soon be getting some competition from Everex in the form of the Everex CloudBook. According to Daily Tech, the first versions of the $399 CloudBook will feature a VIA C7M processor, 7 inch display, 30GB HDD, DVI output, and longer battery life than the Eee PC – all while retaining the same size, weight, and screen size as the ASUS counterpart. The 7 inch CloudBook should be appearing at retailers like Wal-Mart and Newegg by the end of this month.

Those of you not in a hurry for an ultra-mobile system might want to wait till June when Everex plans to introduce a 9 inch CloudBook which will also have a screen resolution of 1024 x 600. The asking price for the 9 inch model? Under $500 dollars (which probably means it’ll be priced at $499).

The real question is – will you be willing to shell out $499 for an under powered ultra-portable system? Since I’m a Windows user, I would have to say no.. but I’m guessing there are a number of you out there with a desire to run Linux who might just say yes. I’d rather get a 15 inch Dell Inspiron 1525 for that price.

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