Comments on: From Pocket PC to Ultra-Mobile PC

By: solnyshok

solnyshok — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:46:52 +0000

i’m even not sure if I need to expand RAM. It seems sufficient at the moment.

By: solnyshok

solnyshok — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:48:40 +0000

I received my everun 2 weeks ago and added 16g cf card. It’s amazing. Fast. Light. Gives me 10+ hours of mobile work in outdoors.

By: mchinsomboon

mchinsomboon — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:08:25 +0000

I was having the same debate betwen the OQO 2 and the Raon (and I have a desktop that I use regularly at home, with a subnotebook, the Panasonic R4, and a Treo 650 … to get an idea of how this fits into my tech gadgets). After a lot of research and actually testing out the OQO at a local store, I decided to order the Raon from Dynamism. I’ve had it for 2 days now and I’m quite happy with it. The speed is actually better than I had thought … actually quite as fast as my desktop which is a Duo Core with 2GB RAM and Vista … the XP on the machine is just fine even with several windows open. I haven’t yet gotton used to the Raon keyboard and it is too bad it doesn’t have the raised numbs on the F & J keys, and the limited space bar, but I don’t expect to use it all that much anyway as it’s more of a media device for me, but nice to have in a pinch. I think screen is quite bright — better than expect (sure, not as good as the OQO, but good enough that I don’t really notice during regular usage). Also note that I have the 6GB SSD with 60GB hard drive. I put all the system and cache files, etc, in the SSD. All program and data files on the hard drive. It really works. I suspect when the WLAN and the camera features come out, I’ll want to upgrade, but this was a good decision for me. Thanks for the info and discussion on this site! – Mac

By: Solnyshok

Solnyshok — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:23:50 +0000

just ordered everun s6s (ssd + cf ) from european distributor mobilx.hu. Hopefully I will be able to share my experience with 6g ssd + 8g cf setup in 3-5 days.

By: Vslv

Vslv — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:17:31 +0000

RAON DIGITAL EVERUN buy or not? Good machine?
I listen to music, watch videos, read books, used as a browser, read mail.

By: Quest of Avatar

Quest of Avatar — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:28:30 +0000

Does anyone own a SSD model? I am wondering the performance of the disk for running OS, especially with the Page file on there.

Since the disk is supposed to be very fast, page in / out should be fast and when the machine runs out of real memory the performance could possibly still be OK.

By: Randolph Carter

Randolph Carter — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:36:26 +0000

Hi!
Thanks for great comparison!

Anybody here got OQO2 with extended battery?
How much uptime does it have when browsing with bluetooth and WiFi on?

By: JC

JC — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:19:49 +0000

In Part III of Neil Balthaser’s review he talks about how he uses an external battery to give him a combined 8 hours of battery life. He doesn’t go into details, but it looks like he uses a cigarette lighter adapter for the external battery along with OQO’s car/airplane adapter.

The OQO doesn’t have great battery life with its standard battery. But that’s what happens when designers decide that size and weight take greater priority. (For the OQO, whose whole point is that it’s so small and light, I don’t think this is a bad move.) It does have an extended battery which, I suspect, gets 4-5 hours. Of course, it’s thicker and costs extra.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:08:46 +0000

Great comparison.

I have been going through the same thought processes, but I am still trying to decide if I need power or battery life. As Ctitanic says, You can add battery, but you cannot add processing power.
The question is, how much power do I need?

One other difference between Everun and OQO – you can use an external battery or a 3rd party power brick to charge the Everun (standard(?) DC in jack). With OQO you can only use the proprietary power brick (No external batteries).

By: mikieatton

mikieatton — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:55:21 +0000

For use in quiet environments, the Everun S6S will have no HD chatter and apparently only has a small fan for CPU cooling that is quiet. Add a high capacity Compact Flash card with the new adapter that Raon is shipping with the S6S, and you should enough room for everyday situations. I’m thinking of putting in a 8GB CF card for a total of 14 gigs. The only moving part on the Everun will be the little CPU fan.