ASUS preparing NVIDIA Ion-based Eee Box B1006?
![](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/8_GLyEvNUdWq6xTTExcSMg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTQyMDtoPTQ1NQ--/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/tWHHsK.LN3bGKZ6F3rs5.w--~B/aD0yNDk7dz0yMzA7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-/https://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/06/081211-asus-01-230.jpg)
In a brief snippet of a rumor, DigiTimes is reporting that ASUS is planning an Ion-based Eee Box B1006 for Q3 of 2009. Ion's a good start, but if they shackle it to an Intel Atom 230 processor and once again bludgeon our dreams of a low-cost home theater PC capable of handling full-screen Flash video, well, somebody's going to get hurt. Ion-based Eee PC netbooks are coming too, but those don't have a production schedule yet according to the Taiwanese tattle-rag.