Eee-Box: Mini Desktop Doubles RAM in its Linux Version
Eee manufacturer Asus has expanded its sub-notebook series with a desktop version. The Eee Box with the Intel Atom processor is available in Linux and Windows XP.
The enclosure, at 8.5" x 7" x 1", is reminiscent of a thin client; Asus calls its mini desktop a "one-liter device."
The Eee Box B202, with an Intel Atom N270 CPU at 1.6 GHz, is available at around $300 for the Windows XP version with 1 GByte RAM and an 80-Gbyte hard drive. The Linux/Easy OS version, for about the same price, has twice the power at 2 Gbyte RAM and a 160-Gbyte drive.
The box weighs 6.6 lbs, comes in black or white, and can be placed on a small stand or tucked behind the monitor. An Intel 945GSE graphics chipset is inside. The device is specified to emit no more than 26 db and comes with 65-Watt power adapter.
Networking is over WLAN 802.11b/g/n and Gigabit Ethernet. Front ports include two USBs and a card reader for countless external formats. Rear ports include a digital video interface, analog and S/PIDF audio line-out, and another two USBs. Keyboard and mouse are optional.
The device is available since July in the US, the European market has to wait until October.
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Not wholly true
Maybe you strictly-Linux users have to wait longer.
Not a rumour
http://www.valleyseek.com/product.action?itemID=121612
http://www.lagoom.com/ASUS_...-E0002/partinfo-id-584843.html
http://www.newegg.com/Produ...us+eee+box+linux&x=&y=
asus eee box
Where to get it
http://usa.asus.com/wheretobuy.aspx
For UK:
http://uk.asus.com/products...;modelmenu=0&share=txt/256
If the stores offer only the Windows version, I'd get on their nerves and ask for the Linux version. That's one way to get Linux into their minds, so they'll realize that there are people out there who'd like to have choice.
Hiding the price of the OS
Where can you buy a linux version???