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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.

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