Comments on: Images of the Asus Eee Box Released

By: Inferno_str1ke

Inferno_str1ke — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:41:36 +0000

I just can’t phantom that…

Fathom. If it's using solid state memory with an OS optimised as such I can understand how it could be powered up so easily. I'm not sure I'm a fan of the stand - it looks like an aesthetic gimmick and I can see it being more prone to being knocked over; it also doesn't look like the sturdiest thing. Nevertheless I'm glad to see people challenging perspectives of the PC - I just wonder if it will be upgradable.

By: Lashiec

Lashiec — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:56:44 +0000

The Guru wrote:

Hmm, has a lot of potential. Gee, the Splashtop Browser looked a lot like Firefox 2.

Actually, it’s Firefox: [splashtop.com]

By: The Guru

The Guru — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:01:35 +0000

Hmm, has a lot of potential. Gee, the Splashtop Browser looked a lot like Firefox 2.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:46:48 +0000

Barney wrote:

The 5 second “boot” can be done with Splashtop or ExpressGate. I thought ExpressGate was only on the higher end Asus motherboards at the moment though.

Huh, hadn’t heard about that before. That’s pretty cool how ExpressGate offers the Internet functionality, and then you can boot into the operating system if you want. Here’s a video for anyone that wants to know more about it:
[youtube.com]

By: Barney

Barney — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:49:57 +0000

The 5 second “boot” can be done with Splashtop or ExpressGate. I thought ExpressGate was only on the higher end Asus motherboards at the moment though.

By: Lashiec

Lashiec — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:38:55 +0000

I think it’s the real deal, some pictures leaked to the web months ago, and it was more or less the same thing except that it lacked that iron piece in the base (I guess they added it for the sake of stability).

Certainly, I wouldn’t matter to have one next to the TV in the living room, although Shuttle and its KPC it’s more tempting.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:07:29 +0000

The Guru wrote:

“They say that you can power up and be on your preferred web browser in just 5 seconds.” Wow…but somehow I just can’t phantom that…

I'm kinda wondering the same thing. If that's from standby mode then that's understandable, but a full boot cycle would almost have to take longer than that.

JK wrote:

The box itself looks nice enough, but that’s one ugly-ass base if you ask me. Plus, I don’t like it cranked up at an angle. It would be best if you could just detach it and lay it flat.

I actually thought the base looked kinda slick. But I'm sure that the unit is detachable from it.

Omar Upegui wrote:

It certainly looks like a Wii Nintendo to me. I wonder how it performs as a real computer and not a game gadget. Do you know the price of this baby?

There's been no word on pricing yet, but I would suspect it will roll in under $300 if this is supposed to be a low cost machine.

Jack wrote:

Quite frankly, this seems a little made up.

It could be, but it all seems reasonable to me.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:24:49 +0000

Quite frankly, this seems a little made up.

By: Omar Upegui

Omar Upegui — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:08:01 +0000

It certainly looks like a Wii Nintendo to me. I wonder how it performs as a real computer and not a game gadget. Do you know the price of this baby?

By: JK

JK — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:47:51 +0000

The box itself looks nice enough, but that’s one ugly-ass base if you ask me. Plus, I don’t like it cranked up at an angle. It would be best if you could just detach it and lay it flat.