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As slow and limited as a netbook, but without the portability. We can't see the Eee Box repeating the Eee PC's cross-over success

Review Date: 21 Aug 2008

Reviewed By: David Bayon

Price when reviewed: £170 (£196 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
3 stars out of 6

Value for Money
4 stars out of 6

Performance
1 stars out of 6

Warranty
Warranty	2 year(s) collect and return

Motherboard
Conventional PCI slots free	0
Conventional PCI slots total	0
PCI-E x16 slots free	0
PCI-E x16 slots total	0
PCI-E x8 slots free	0
PCI-E x8 slots total	0
PCI-E x4 slots free	0
PCI-E x4 slots total	0
PCI-E x1 slots free	0
PCI-E x1 slots total	0

Memory
Memory type	DDR2

Hard disk
Capacity	80GB
Hard disk usable capacity	80GB
Internal disk interface	SATA
Hard disk 2 make and model	N/A
Hard disk 2 nominal capacity	N/A
Hard disk 2 formatted capacity	N/A
Hard disk 2 spindle speed	N/A
Hard disk 2 cache size	N/A
Hard disk 3 make and model	N/A
Hard disk 3 nominal capacity	N/A
Hard disk 4 make and model	N/A
Hard disk 4 nominal capacity	N/A

Rear ports
USB ports (downstream)	4
PS/2 mouse port
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports	0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports	0
Modem
3.5mm audio jacks	0

Monitor
Monitor make and model	N/A
Resolution screen horizontal	N/A
Resolution screen vertical	N/A
Resolution	N/A x N/A
Pixel response time	N/A
Contrast ratio	N/A
Screen brightness	N/A
DVI inputs	N/A
HDMI inputs	N/A
VGA inputs	N/A
DisplayPort inputs	N/A

Case
Case format	Mini ITX
Dimensions	16 x 178 x 223mm (WDH)

Free drive bays
Free front panel 5.25in bays	0

Front ports
Front panel USB ports	2
Front panel memory card reader

Mouse & Keyboard
Mouse and keyboard	N/A

Operating system and software
OS family	Windows XP

Noise and power
Idle power consumption	17W
Peak power consumption	20W

Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score	0.38
Office application benchmark score	0.49
2D graphics application benchmark score	0.25
Encoding application benchmark score	0.39
Multitasking application benchmark score	0.39
3D performance (crysis) low settings	0fps
3D performance setting	High