Asus EEE Box

PostAsus EEE Box by **bigcheez2k3** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:47 pm

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/6059468/A ... oduct.html

Just noticed this on Play.com, seems Asus are making a desktop version of the EEE laptop.

It could be a very viable platform which could see Dell possibly lose some of it's market share.

PostRe: Asus EEE Box by **Madness** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:49 pm

That's the most pointless thing ever. EEEs are only good because they're small enough to go anywhere. Thats small, but you need to take a monitor, keyboard and mouse with you.

:fp:

PostRe: Asus EEE Box by **Fatal Exception** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:52 pm

It's a very cheap PC. Perfect as a living room machine. I've just bought an EEEPC 901 as a replacement to my 701

Should get delivered next week.

PostRe: Asus EEE Box by **rinks** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:55 pm

I'm thinking of getting one of those, actually, as an extra PC for the living room. Stick it under the telly, with a wireless keyboard and mouse, hook it up to my wireless network, connect the audio to my stereo and stream stuff from my office PC. The fact that it boots up in seconds, like my Eee, will be very handy.

PostRe: Asus EEE Box by **Exxy** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:59 pm

They're designed to be what Rinks has described so they have a purpose. I love Eee's, plan to get one when I need one, these look great as well.

PostRe: Asus EEE Box by **Fatal Exception** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:04 pm

Did I mention I'm selling my 701, one of the early models with the mini PCIE slot too? I can 'help' get XP on if you want.

PostRe: Asus EEE Box by **Shadow** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:07 pm

I think I'm going to get one of their laptops in a few weeks, to those who've got one - is the web browsing just as good as on a normal Windows PC? No trouble using Flash and Java sites?

PostRe: Asus EEE Box by **rinks** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:10 pm

Shadow wrote:I think I'm going to get one of their laptops in a few weeks, to those who've got one - is the web browsing just as good as on a normal Windows PC? No trouble using Flash and Java sites?

The only site I had any trouble with was the old BBC Radio Player, but that's been incorporated into the iPlayer now, and that works just fine. And that's using the Linux version of the machine.

PostRe: Asus EEE Box by **Cuttooth** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:12 pm

Shadow wrote:I think I'm going to get one of their laptops in a few weeks, to those who've got one - is the web browsing just as good as on a normal Windows PC? No trouble using Flash and Java sites?

I've had trouble using Java because I can't seem to get it installed properly using Linux. That's mainly to do with me not having a clue how to use Linux.

PostRe: Asus EEE Box by **Fatal Exception** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:14 pm

Shadow wrote:I think I'm going to get one of their laptops in a few weeks, to those who've got one - is the web browsing just as good as on a normal Windows PC? No trouble using Flash and Java sites?

Nope, my EEE handles flash better than my more powerful Vista machine, but that's due to the Vista version of flash being gooseberry fool :lol:

Java is fine too.

The only stuff I have trouble with is videos on youporn :fp:

If I use eeectl (an eee overclocking program) they work fine.

PostRe: Asus EEE Box by **Wiggy G32** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:21 pm

Asus really are whoring out the EEE brand a bit much while i think the idea of a EEE desktop is good they are making all manner of things with EEE in the title.
Ive got a 900 at the moment with xp on it very good machine perfect for web browsing. So much faster then my dell xps running vista

PostRe: Asus EEE Box by **Drunken_Master** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:39 am

Great looking machine! However, it's woefully underpowered. And no, I'm not talking about games! It'd be great to use as a media centre, however there's no hardware decoding for HD media, and there's no way the CPU would be powerful enough to handle it via software.

Also, no HDMI out?

Think I'll wait for the next revision.

PostRe: Asus EEE Box by **TheTurnipKing** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:18 am

Another benefit of the EEE architecture is that it uses very little power in comparison to your average desktop PC. For use as a second machine dedicated to web-browsing or downloads, I reckon it's a VERY good idea.

PostRe: Asus EEE Box by **Drunken_Master** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:19 am

TheTurnipKing wrote:Another benefit of the EEE architecture is that it uses very little power in comparison to your average desktop PC. As a second machine dedicated to web-browsing or downloads, I reckon it's a good idea.

Bit overpriced for that though, don't you think?

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