Asus Eee Box
Tired of that tiny Asus Eee UMPC, the same computer giving nightmares to Sony ? I love it, but I wouldn't use one. Why? Well, I don't have eagle eyes, and since I like to use bigger fonts...figure that out for yourselves! Even more, I don't have a clear opinion regarding Asus - I've seen a lot of outstanding products from them, but I have also seen (too many) pieces of hardware they should be ashamed of. Anyway, the bottom line is that the Asus Eee family just got a new member, the Asus Eee Box, the desktop counterpart of the Eee PC!
The details are somehow sketchy at this time, but there's enough to get a clear idea, and the design will be one that I love, if it proves that the image above is exactly the Asus Eee Box we're all waiting for. Now, to the technical specifications...
Based on Intel Atom N270 processor, which runs at 1.60GHz, together with an Intel chipset, the Asus Eee Desktop PC will feature 1GB of DDR2 memory, a 80GB hard disk drive, while on the connectivity part we have a Wi-Fi 802.11n controller, Gigabit Ethernet, as well as a card reader. Unfortunately, the Asus Eee Box does not come with any optical disk drive, so you can forget the multimedia part, at least for now. I am looking forward to the day when movies will ship on USB flash drives, instead of DVD discs!
At last, you should know this system comes with Windows XP Home OS, and Asus is going to ship it without a monitor. I hope they are working on some monitor designs to match the one of the Asus Eee Box, and since pricing is still a secret, let's hope for the better!
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