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The Asus Eee Box is a nettop computer first released on August 11, 2008 . It is marketed as a small, light, inexpensive and energy-efficient counterpart to the Asus Eee PC netbook laptop. Its motherboard employs Splashtop technology called Express Gate by Asus.
Contents
1 Features
1.1 "Instant-On"
1.2 Low power consumption
1.3 "Zero footprint" option
1.4 Robustness
2 Models
3 Availability
4 Other EEE models
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
7.1 Reviews
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Features
"Instant-On"
The Eee Box motherboard features a form of embedded Linux, referred to in the user manual as Express Gate, a result of the ASUS SplashTop software. In the Eee Box implementation, the user is presented with a customised Linux desktop a few seconds after powering up the Eee Box, with the option of launching a web browser, an online chat application, a file manager, a photo browser or a Skype application, without having to load the main operating system. If the user does not select any of these options, the main operating system (typically Windows XP Home) loads automatically.
Low power consumption
The Eee Box uses an Intel Atom N270 CPU which uses only 2.5W TDP of power. This is what makes this such a low-power (~20W) unit. As a matter of reference, a 100W-equivalent compact fluorescent lightbulb uses 11W of power.
The Eee Box uses an external power supply, but due to the low power (~20W) requirements, this unit is physically smaller than most external computer laptop power supplies. At December 2008, the supplied UK power adapter is a small rectangular "in-line" block measuring approximately 30mm 35mm wide, and around 90mm long (not including cable stress relief grommets).
"Zero footprint" option
As of December 2008, the Eee Box comes with two mounting options, a desktop stand, and a monitor mounting. The monitor mounting option consists of a heavy plate with mounting holes at 100mm and 75mm spacings, designed to fit to the VESA 100 or VESA 75 mount area found on the back of many flat-screen monitors. When mounted on the back of a monitor, the Eee Box does not require any desk space. With the addition of a compatible USB "TV tuner" dongle the Eee box can be used as a digital television adapter, and add both TV reception and recording facilities to a flat computer monitor.
Potential customers wishing to make use of this option should check that the VESA mounting holes on their monitor are not required for the monitor's own stand. Although the VESA mounting bracket is currently included as part of the standard UK Eee Box package (as of December 2008), it is listed in the user manual as an optional accessory.
Robustness
The Eee Box hard drive has a hidden recovery partition containing an image of the factory OS installation. This allows the Eee Box's operating system to be reset to its initial factory state without the need for any external media or optical disc hardware (although conventional recovery discs are also included). This feature is more important to the Eee Box than it would be to most other systems, due to the lack of an internal optical drive. The permanently-embedded Linux system also guarantees a working graphical user interface and a certain degree of functionality (such as web browsing) even without a separate functioning operating system; on most computer systems, the only embedded functionality in this situation would be a very limited set of menu-driven BIOS commands.
The Eee box has been released in North America, France, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Italy, Spain and the UK, and has been available in Asia, Greece and Denmark for some time.[citation needed]
Other EEE models
A PC integrated in a touchscreen monitor called Asus EEE Top was revealed.. Asus also has a line of EEE PC netbooks
See also
Acer Aspire Revo
Dell Studio Hybrid
Eee Keyboard
Eee Stick
Mac mini
MSI Wind PC
Nettop
Splashtop
References
^ Tech Report: ASUS's Eee Box B202 small form factor PC
^ ASUS Debuts Desktop-Equivalent Eee PC
^ AnandTech: ASUS Eee Box Preview & Intel's Atom Benchmarked
^ http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=24&l2=169
External links
Product microsite
Official product page
Asus Eee Box Official Press Release
Asus officially announces Eee Box details
Asus Eee Box - First Look
Reviews
(Tech-Reviews.co.uk Review on the Asus Eee Box)
(The first Hot Hardware Video review!)
(hot hardware)
(Wired)
(PC World)
(Tech Report)
(Silent PC)
(Tweaktown)
(PC Authority)
(Darren Yates)
(CNet)
ASUS Eee Box review (ZDNet)
Asus Eee Box Video Review (Czech)
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