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The editors liked
Compact
Stylish design
Low power consumption
Good Wi-Fi performance
Quick boot
Very Inexpensive
Uses Very Little Power
Extremely Small
Quiet
Small
Vesa mount included
Clever
Compact design
Low price
Tiny. Quiet. Energy-efficient. "Express Gate" pre-Windows quick-boot mode. Windows XP Home (compatibility
Software). Mountable on VESA monitor. Multithreaded processor.
Sleek white case
No bloatware
Nice specs for the price
Around 20 watts of power
Surf the net w/o an OS
Waaay quiet!
Small design may have some aesthetic appeal
Draft N wireless
Pre-Windows ExpressGate lets you browse and do other basics seconds after turning on the power.
Incredibly small size
Low power usage
Noise levels
Express Gate software lets you quick-boot into Linux for basic tasks
Lightweight and cuter than bowl full of kittens. More than enough processing power for everyday computing. Cheaper than an ounce of Da Kine bud. The option of running Splashtop for preboot access to Skype
Web browsing and IM clients.
The editors didn't like
Weak multimedia performance
Slow hard drive
No optical drive
Lacks CD/DVD Drive
No FireWire Port
Limited power
Linux quickboot system is unimpressive
Lackluster performance
Smallish hard drive. No 3D performance worth speaking of. Low benchmark test numbers. Some apps may be incompatible. 1GB of memory. No CD or DVD drive. Its Windows
So youre vulnerable to Windows malware and viruses.
Ancient Windows XP
Comes with IE6?
No DVI to HDMI adapter
Shoddy Express gate WiFi setup
Terrible performance and features compared with standard budget desktops
Cheap laptop will offer similar capability
Space savings
And portability.
Poor overall performance
Wheres the optical drive? No HDMI output
Which actually doesnt matter much because theres also no hardware decode acceleration. By itself
The Atom processor can barely handle 720p H.264 streams
Dashing our hopes of this being the ultimate home streamin...
Relatively rich software package and small dimensions followed by low power consumption make ASUS EeeBox B202 very interesting choice not only for an office environment but also as an home multimedia center. Of course new gaming titles cannot be played...
Compact, stylish design, Low power consumption, Good Wi-Fi performance, Quick boot
Weak multimedia performance, Slow hard drive, No optical drive
When ASUS released the original Eee PC back in October 2007, the lilliputian laptop surprised the tech industry by spawning its own product category, the mini-notebook. Now, nearly a dozen Eee PC notebooks later comes the Eee Box, a diminuitive desktop...
Published: 2008-08-13, Author: Andrew , review by: techworld.com
The Eee Box is a great value that's geared toward students, as well as home and small-office users. Even with its internal fan it’s practically silent and consumes little power, making it easy to recommend as the start of a budget or second PC system....
My time with the Eee Box was enjoyable, and the device is full of great ideas. Its the kind of thing Id recommend to less computer-literate family and friends, but the limitations of the Atom platform at present—specifically the underwhelming video...
In terms of its general performance profile, the Asus Eee Box delivered more than we expected for its size, power consumption and price tag. The machine provided a fluid experience in all but our full 1080p digital video playback test but held up to...
Synopsis: In some respects, when we think about what the capabilities of a $349 desktop system should be like, we cant help but be impressed what Asus has achieved and the overall value of the Eee Box. Whats more impressive though is the Eee Boxs...
