Final specifications revealed for ASUS Eee Box B202?

The week of Computex 2008 has begun, and you'd probably know just by checking out the onslaught of ASUS news here lately. Up next is the hotly-debated Eee Box B202, which we now know the final specifications for -- reportedly, at least. HotHardware has it that the mini desktop will exhibit a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, a 80/120/160/250GB hard drive, GMA 950 integrated graphics set, gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, optional Bluetooth, a multicard reader, 512MB/1GB/2GB of DDR2 RAM and an Azalia ALC888 audio chip; you'll also find a pair of USB 2.0 ports, DVI out and a headphone jack, but an optical drive is altogether missing. We're hearing that US configurations will range from $269 to $299 with your choice of Linux or Windows XP, with availability in mid-July.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 2nd 2008 10:44AM]

@Dalcebolus:

You installed Ubuntu, but can the 701 you're talking about handle the Compiz Fusion effects?

I ask out of curiosity; I've been eying the Eee for a while as an on-the-go development platform / work computer. Not that I need fancy desktop effects for that, but it would be cool. :)

[ilh Posted Jun 2nd 2008 11:09AM]

I'm running eeeXubuntu on mine and i've got compiz fusion running perfectly fine. There's a little bit of choppyness if you have loads of crap running but it's certainly usable. You can even get it running on the stock Xandros OS but I believe it requires a little bit of work.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 2nd 2008 12:33PM]

Already all these company starting to suck up to Intel and Atom. It's disgusting to see how Intel dictates the computer market.

[jpeavy1 Posted Jun 2nd 2008 1:33PM]

Fanless? SSD option?

This is basically what I'm looking for (low power consumption, XP OS (for the fam), enough performance for web browsing/email/word/excel, 1920x1080/1200 res) but I want silent - no moving parts.

Is this it?

-jp

[Grusic Posted Jun 2nd 2008 2:24PM]

They need a graphics chipset capable decoding HD content in this box; I don't think the GMA 950 can. Add that, a USB hub - to make up for only having 2 - and an external USB DVD drive - to make up for the lack of an optical drive - then this little box would make a perfect Home Theatre or Media Server PC.

As for the OS, I'd probably opt for Linux over WinXP as it'll probably be less resource intensive.

[Collman Posted Jun 2nd 2008 2:53PM]

I found this in giz, is it for real? i mean, i cant even use winmine in mi 24 inch Dell?

VGA: On-board Intel GMA 950, 1600 x 1200 maximum resolution

[jpeavy1 Posted Jun 2nd 2008 3:52PM]

This http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma950/index.htm says "2048x1536 at 75 Hz maximum resolution"

-jp

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 2nd 2008 8:04PM]

I can think of sooooo many uses for this badboy:

1 - Mom PC - Slap it on the back of a 22" widescreen with a bluetooth keyboard. Throw g0S on it. There is no step three

2 - Bittorrent Appliance - Ubuntu + Torrentflux makes one heck of a low power web accessible BT appliance.

3 - Homemade Time Capsule - (Open)Solaris or Linux with iSCSI, export a volume to your mac, and store Time Machine backups on it.

I, for one, welcome our new Atom powered overlords.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 2nd 2008 8:05PM]

For those trying to compare it to the mac mini, I think your missing the point, while neither computer is overly expensive, the eeebox is 1/2 the price of a mac mini. Its not trying to be a performance computer, its trying to be a light weight compact basic computer for an affordable price and at a much lower power consumption. the mac mini draws 23W idling which is likely more than the eeebox will draw full out.
I cant wait to get this little box to run as a light-weight home server, for all my printing, media serving, maybe some classic emulation. If I cant stream HD content I can always copy it to my ps3 to watch

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 2nd 2008 11:15PM]

I'm suddenly striken with the desire to use one of these for a dedicated Stepmania machine

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 11th 2008 3:46PM]

I'm waiting for the SSD version... like Jake said, no moving parts. Going to be awesome!