Asus Eee Box coming out this July

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief June 3, 2008 · 1 min read

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Kung ang presyo ay hindi bababa sa Php12,000, bibilhin mo ba ang isang boxed desktop PC? Ito ang halaga ng darating na Asus Eee Box kapag ito ay ilalabas bukas na buwan.

Ang Asus Eee Box ay magtatampok ng bagong Intel Atom CPU sa 1.6GHz, may RAM na nasa pagitan ng 512MB hanggang 2GB at HDD storage mula 80Gb hanggang 250GB. Ang sistema ay maaaring tumakbo sa Linux o Windows XP, kasama ang Bluetooth, 802.11 b/g WiFi, Gigabit LAN, at naka-embed na card reader {via Electronista}.

Asus Eee Box

Hindi alam kung anong uri ng video graphics card ang nandoon. Akala ko ang Php12,000 ang magsisimula na presyo. Ang isang regular PC na may katulad na specs ay magkakahalaga ng humigit-kumulang Php11,000 - Php13,000 (lalo na dahil sa WiFi at Bluetooth).

Magkakaroon ba ito ng parehong epekto sa Eee PC? Ang merkado ng Desktop PC ay lubos na naiiba mula sa laptop/portable market kaya ang reaksyon ng mga consumer ay maaaring hindi magiging ganap. Kailangan nating hintayin at makita.

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37 Comments

suspect · 18 years ago

a real spacesaver. ideal for the casual internet users and a great appliance for a household. hehe

Andre S. · 18 years ago

It almost costs the same as a Nintendo Wii. ‘Course, you still need peripherals, but still.

IMHO, this’ll get the job done for most people, especially non-gamers who just need a PC to make documents, presentations, surf the net, etc.

Ade · 18 years ago

Holy crap. It looks good.

calvin · 18 years ago

this would be a nice upgrade/option for those who have old hulking PC’s that they only use for word processing and surfing.

j4s0n · 18 years ago

w/ less heat. w/ less noise. I think this is the one I’m looking for. Might use this beside a stereo and TV for mp3’s, photos and movies. Probably a linux development/test machine too. Take note. It’s good looking too =)

erjanorbe · 18 years ago

I think the video graphics card is an Intel GMA 950 which holds a maximum resolution of 1600×1200.

I think the target market for ASUS with this model is for those people who just wants a small form factor desktop. Also for those people who can’t afford Apple’s Mac Mini. It’s also good for schools and students here, especially for kids.

Lucien Tiojanco · 18 years ago

Low cost, low powered, low maintainances internet cafe with style. :-)… Yung tipong PhP 15.00 per hour lang pero no games, hahaha!

Pinoy Apostolic · 18 years ago

Or should I say… Is there a need for that?

Pinoy Apostolic · 18 years ago

A portable desktop… Is there a market for that?

jhay · 18 years ago

Yeah, whatever happened to the optical drive? This is a desktop unit after all.

Jan Blando · 18 years ago

The Shuttle xPC has been around for quite some time but I don’t think it’s doing too well. We’ll see if Asus can do better with this.

P365D · 18 years ago

Uhm no CD/DVD Drive?

ChiQ Montes · 18 years ago

Looks promising.. but I doubt it will become a hit!

minor · 18 years ago

wow the book thief by markus zusak

Erin · 18 years ago

i am also keeping an eye for a small-form low-power linux box that will serve as both as a download/file server/streamer of my little network at home. before Asus and MSI said they will be offering a non-LCD variation of their ultraportable models, my only options are either the ones from nohrtec or the encore NAS being sold in cdrking.

nohrtec products are only available online while the encore NAS is a bit too limited for my needs. the Ebox sounds a good alterntive but a little bit pricey so i will wait for the MSI Wind response, or the incoming slew of mini/pico-itx offerings to bring down the price below US$200.

ciao!