There’s also a stand for the back of a VESA-compliant LCD monitor.Įxamining the exterior of the Eee Box, we noted that the slots along the topįrom edge are exhaust vents for a cooling fan, and similar slots along the bottomĮdge are intake vents. The AC/DC adapter outputs 19VDC at 4.74A it’s rated for 65W. With the Eee Box and stand came three AC cables with different plugs (for various The box shows the four available colors.Įee Box package on our desktop, with M-Audio Tampa microphone preamp and Still, there’s a lot of packaging bits and pieces inside, especially plasticīags. USB 2.0 x 2, Gigabit LAN x 1, DVI out x 1, Line-OutĮee Box comes in a package that’s only a bit bigger than the product itself. USB x 2, Card Reader x 1, Headphone-out jack (WO/SPDIF)
#THE HOBBIT PC 2003 INTEL GMA 950 PRO#
MMC plus, MMC4.x, RS MMC, RSMMC4.x (MMC mobile through adapter) MS,MS PRO SD, SDHC, Mini SD, (Micro SD through adapter) MMC,
On-board Intel GMA 950, 1600 x 1200 max resolution PC? Is its performance up to being a home entertainment hub as the AsusĮee Box web page submits? And is it quiet enough for SPCR to recommend? So does the Eee Box have what it takes to replace a standard desktop Most compelling is itsĪbility to mount on the back of your LCD monitor, becoming invisible in the Wi-Fi 802.11n, the Eee Box is not lacking in inputs. With four USB ports, memory card reader, gigabit LAN and The 1″ thinness is made possible byĮxcluding an optical drive, a move that seems justified in this age of ubiquitousįlash memory sticks. The slim box, angled slightly on its minimal stand, looksĮlegant enough to go on any desktop.
#THE HOBBIT PC 2003 INTEL GMA 950 MAC#
That it’s the first very small PC there have been many over the past few years.īut it’s also sleek and stylish in a way that the Mac Mini or the AOpen Mini The shape, size and weight of the Eee Box are compelling. Given the 945GSE Express chipset, the Eee Box is actually closer to the Eee PC than to the Intel D945GCLF m-ITX board. Being a mobile chipset, the 945GSE Express may have lower power requirements than the 945GC, which is promising. Apparently, the chipset in the Eee Box is the 945GSE Express, designed for mobile PCs, but still equipped with the same Intel GMA 950 video chip. The Intel board uses the relatively inefficient 945GC chipset, which was first used on the Mac Mini. The CPU is a mobile variant, although how much less power that would draw is questionable, as the “desktop” Atom 230 maxes out at 4W. The basic technology inside is similar to Intel’s Atom-based mini-ITX board, the D945GCLF which we reviewed last week. The sample that came to SPCR is the second of the configurations mentionedĪbove, but the price has gone up by $50, and the Linux versions have been eliminated. Price was lower: $269 for a 1GB memory + 80GB HDD Linux edition, $299 for aġGB memory + 80GB HDD XP edition and $299 for a 2GB memory + 160GB HDD LinuxĮdition. Like the Eee PC, the Eee Box is sold as a complete PC. Market, it is a tiny nettop PC, and it features the Intel Atom processor.
The Asus Eee Box touches on all of these variousĮlements: It is an expansion of the Asus Eee line of products into the desktop The amazing success of the Intel Atom processor, which was at the core of the The rapid emergence of an entire class of truly small PCs, often described as We’ve covered the launch of the original AsusĮEE PC and how it popularized the sub-notebook market. What’s a cute mini PC like the Asus Eee Box good for? Our review delves into the details. It’s part of the continuing miniaturization of computing devices. It uses the popular Intel Atom low power processor and a chipset designed for mobile use.
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