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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...
Abstract: Were pretty convinced theres a demand for ultra small-footprint desktop PCs like the Eee Box. There are plenty of circumstances where space is tight, such as in a student bedroom or a home office squeezed in under the stairs. This tiny, inexpensive ...
Abstract: The Eee Box is the smallest desktop PC weve seen, around the size of a large paperback book. It comes with a stand so it can be positioned vertically, but its not very stable, so youll have to hold the Eee Box steady when you are inserting and re...
Lacklustre performance; small hard drive; can't play 1080p Full HD video
The Eee Box is rather a mixed bag. It's not powerful enough to challenge the vast majority of desktops on the market and, as a Media Center PC, it's only mediocre. Despite this, we think it's worthy of consideration -- particularly because it's so che...
The Eee Box is a great value thats 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...
Small design may have some aesthetic appeal, Integrated DraftN WiFi, PreWindows ExpressGate OS lets you browse and do other basics seconds after turning on the power
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Despite a few useful features, the ASUS Eee Box is a novelty at best. It cant come close to the performance and robustness of even the most basic standard budget PC, while a low-end notebook can do everything it can do and more. The appeal of the Eee
Ultra compact form factor, Consumes just 20W on full load, WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bundled keyboard and mouse, Silent operation.
No optical drive.
In spite of the lack of an optical drive, I give the Eee Box a double thumbs-up for its originality in design and execution. Youd be hard pressed to come by anything even close to this right now. This is especially great for people with LCD monitors ...
When it comes to specifications, the Eee Box is absolutely identical with its mobile cousins. The same old trinity of the Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB RAM and 80GB HDD does duty, along with Windows XP Home. This system roundup has proven itself in th...
