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Title: Asus eeePC EB1012
Post by: bongowongo on August 26, 2009, 08:36:35 am
Asus has released a eeeBox that runs on the ION platform, so with an Nvidia chipset. In my humble opinion this is the best MD now to place behind a Television screen, they just fit so nicely and have Nvidia graphics.
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=wH1q2VTqyLXaCw1f

Title: Re: Asus eeePC EB1012
Post by: _if_ on August 29, 2009, 10:49:04 am
wow cool stuff!
would that new grafic chipset work with Linuxmce?

thanks
IF
Title: Re: Asus eeePC EB1012
Post by: bongowongo on August 29, 2009, 12:36:51 pm
Well I think it should, because it is the ion platform, and to my knowledge other people have had some success with that platform.
Title: Re: Asus eeePC EB1012
Post by: dlewis on September 01, 2009, 02:54:57 pm
Yea, this could possibly be the best available MD:

http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=wH1q2VTqyLXaCw1f
Title: Re: Asus eeePC EB1012
Post by: totallymaxed on September 01, 2009, 10:21:15 pm
Yea, this could possibly be the best available MD:

http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=wH1q2VTqyLXaCw1f

Its certainly a very nice machine, essentially the same enclosure as the B202/203 models, but with an Ion chipset/GPU and and a Dual Core ATOM330. However you are paying for a 250Gb hard drive and Windows Vista too...both of which add to the cost of the machine significantly...and are redundant for an MD.

All the best

Andrew
Title: Re: Asus eeePC EB1012
Post by: nite_man on September 02, 2009, 03:19:38 pm
Maybe more efficient way to build your own nettop based on Zotac ION motherboard?
Title: Re: Asus eeePC EB1012
Post by: totallymaxed on September 02, 2009, 05:58:44 pm
Maybe more efficient way to build your own nettop based on Zotac ION motherboard?

Well we certainly use the Zotac Ion mini-itx boards in our products and we like those boards very much. However if your not someone who enjoys building your own hardware and you want a clean & simple rear mounted pre-packaged MD then either the ASUS or the Revo are really very hard to beat.

All the best

Andrew
Title: Re: Asus eeePC EB1012
Post by: Viking on September 21, 2009, 04:41:47 pm
Hi,

does anyone know if there is a fan in the ASUS version ?

Greetings
Viking
Title: Re: Asus eeePC EB1012
Post by: totallymaxed on September 21, 2009, 05:46:42 pm
Hi,

does anyone know if there is a fan in the ASUS version ?

Greetings
Viking

Yes there is

Andrew
Title: Re: Asus eeePC EB1012
Post by: bongowongo on September 21, 2009, 07:48:43 pm
Hi,

does anyone know if there is a fan in the ASUS version ?

Greetings
Viking

My experience with the b206 is, that it is very silent. Like a gnome farting.
Title: Re: Asus eeePC EB1012
Post by: Viking on September 21, 2009, 08:29:41 pm

My experience with the b206 is, that it is very silent. Like a gnome farting.
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So you are using it with LinuxMCE ?
Assuming the B206 is the Nvidia ION version :)

Greetings
Viking
Title: Re: Asus eeePC EB1012
Post by: totallymaxed on September 21, 2009, 09:56:51 pm

My experience with the b206 is, that it is very silent. Like a gnome farting.

So you are using it with LinuxMCE ?
Assuming the B206 is the Nvidia ION version :)

Greetings
Viking
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Hmmm... no the B206 is the ATI variant of the Eee Box....I am actually writing this post on one ;-)

All the best

Andrew

PS all of the current Eee range use the same basic fanned cooling system...and yes it is almost silent and very well engineered.

Title: Re: Asus eeePC EB1012
Post by: Viking on September 21, 2009, 11:00:29 pm
Hi Andrew,

thanks :)

BTW. OT: did you get eny feedback on the Sony TV and NTSC 60hz / PAL 50Hz replay ?

Greetings
Viking