After examining an actual unit, I went for a Mac Mini 2010 instead and am very pleased. Sure it cost more and it's worth more. If you're on a budget, however, the Asus may be for you, and I prefer its build quality to the Acer near-twin.

Practically, there may be only one RAM slot, I'm not sure, which would limit you to single channel. Mine has 1GB, which is plenty for what I do. To the guy who asked how we use ours: I immediately installed vista business 32-bit on mine, say what you will about vista, it's a very stable OS with SP2, and it's better than XP by any measure of means. I use mine as a headless home server, mainly for file sharing. It is connected to my drobo 2nd gen, which has 2x1TB drives and 2x1.5TB... Read more →

whats the max ram this box can support?

Hey guys, I've had my EEEBOX for about 10 months now, and love it. I agree a tad underpowered, but enough to do what I need. I use mine for the following Web on TV - I have my EEEBOX plugged into my TV, so I can surf the net, go on MSN, watch TWIT live, etc File Server - Nothing huge, just files that I want available on my network without having to dish out a couple of hundred bucks for a NAS. Also with the low power consumption, I don't even think twice about leaving it on all the time.... Read more →

This is my current setup, with EeeBox at its heart. I'd be interested to hear of other people's setups. :) EeeBox B202 (XP) Apple Wireless Keyboard Kensington Slim Media Blade Mouse Belkin USB Hub Belkin USB Bluetooth Dongle Creative T40 2.0 Speakers Creative X-Mod USB X-Fi Soundcard Philips 32" HD Ready TV DVI-HDMI Adapter HDMI Cable Had to do some digging online & mess with Registry a bit to get Keyboard to work, but it's the slimmest, sexiest keyboard I've seen, so it... Read more →