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Review summary: A stylish, space-saving desktop that's fine for surfing the Web and only basic computing chores.

Pros: Compact, stylish design, Low power consumption, Good Wi-Fi performance, Quick boot

Cons: Weak multimedia performance, Slow hard drive, No optical drive

Verdict: The Eee Box offers a basic array of connections. The front panel features two USB ports, a card reader that takes SD/SDHC, MMC/MMC Plus, and MS/MS Pro Cards, and headphone and microphone jacks. On the back are two more USB ports, an additional audio ...

Review summary: asus eee box review: We've got mixed feelings about the Eee Box, and nettops in general. You might as well buy a netbook and gain the bonus of portability.

Pros: Small size, Attractive design, Low sound, Low power consumption, Overclockable, if only by a tiny amount

Cons: Not enough grunt for video approaching 720p or above, No optical drive, Splashtop limited to 1440x1050

Verdict: We've got mixed feelings about the Eee Box, and nettops in general. You might as well buy a netbook and gain the bonus of portability.

Review summary: Asus has performed a minor miracle in the laptop market with its Eee PC, so it stands to reason that it would try the same trick in the desktop arena. The Eee Box is tiny, attractive, requires little power to run, and most importantly it costs just £199

Pros: Design ; quiet operation ; price

Cons: Lacklustre performance ; small hard drive ; can't play 1080p Full HD video

Verdict: The Eee Box is rather a mixed bag. It's not powerful enough to challenge the vast majority of desktops on the market and, as a Media Center PC, it's only mediocre. Despite this, we think it's worthy of consideration -- particularly because it's so cheap

Pros: Very small, quiet, won't consume too much power

Cons: No optical drive, problematic wireless networking drivers under Windows XP

Verdict: Its low power consumption, Gigabit Ethernet and small footprint mean its best use is probably as a PC for an Internet cafe. Home users might also want to consider it as a second PC for basic tasks, but office users might want to shy away from it due ...

Review summary: The Asus Eee Box is a well-designed, ultrasmall desktop PC that is adequate for basic computing - but don't expect much in the way of performance.

Verdict: The Asus Eee Box is a great value PC that's geared toward students, as well as home and small-office users. That the system comes with Windows XP Home, Microsoft Works, and Sun StarOffice only sweetens the deal.