ASUS Eee Box B202 / B204 / B206 (Desktop Computers)

ASUS Eee Box B202 / B204 / B206
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Product Age Average review date: 13-04-2009

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"Asus EEE Box is awesome"

By andyfletcher (asia.cnet.com) Read the full review

The machine is more than capable for any day to day work, sure it wont play the latest games but it isnt meant for that. It provides the average user with a tiny pc that will do virtually anything they want. from browsing the net, watching youtube,...

Silent, express gate, tiny, inexpensive

not superfast

Oct, 2008 2008-10-26   4.5

Asus EeeBox PC B202

By Carl Thompson (product-reviews.net) Read the full review

Eerily silent when switched on. Came with windows 7 you need to adjust some windows default settings if it seems slow opening web adresses. no disc drive but it's easy to use ultra ISO and virtually mount cds and dvds to install. or then buy an...

Mar, 2010 2010-03-05   4

good lil pc

By stehik (play.com) Read the full review

It is a good web surfer and office worker, intel should have put a better chipset in that could handle high def, that would have made it a great all round htpc. I will be ordering one for my sister for xmas, as it will suit her perfectly.

Jan, 2010 2010-01-01   5

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The Eee Box HD mini desktop PC allows users to enjoy crisp and clear high definition content by means of a HD hardware decoder. Still retaining its svelte design, the Eee Box HD's portability lets you turn virtually any space into a high definition entertainment zone for maximum enjoyment. Anyone can dive straight into the action with the bundled media player - Eee Cinema and convenient remote control. Let the Eee Box HD blow your mind with a high definition experience that is simply out of...

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ASUS Eee Box B202 / B204 / B206

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We have collected and analysed 70 expert reviews and 344 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 71/100 and users rate it 87/100. The average review date is 13-04-2009. We have compared these reviews to 116856 reviews from other Desktop Computers. The alaScore™ for this product is 84/100 = Very good. Last update: 17-05-2012.

May, 2012 2012-05-17 alaScore 84 4.2

Asus Eee Box B204

By Simon Williams (computeractive.co.uk)

Can this small PC be a useful home entertainment computer?

Stylish, small-format desktop PC; improved specification; SD memory card slot

Doesn't play HD video well; HDMI is the only video output; no optical drive

The Asus Eee Box B204 is a great little mini desktop computer, but some way off handling HD video sensibly

Jul, 2009 2009-07-03   3

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Asus Eee Box B204 review

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We really like Asus's original nettop, the Eee Box B202, as it's compact, cheap, stylish and power-efficient.

Apr, 2009 2009-04-24   4

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Asus Eee Box B204 review

By Andrew Harrison (pcadvisor.co.uk)

The latest Asus low-power desktop PC, the Asus Eee Box B204 builds on the success of the original Eee Box, adding in a discrete graphics card.

If you don't need the UPS option, look to the all-but-identical B206 version - although this also omits Bluetooth - for £20 less. Either way, the extra graphics power and double-sized 160GB hard drive make the Asus Eee Box B204 a viable alternative to...

Apr, 2009 2009-04-16   4

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Asus Eee Box B206 review

By Patrick Wignall (cnet.co.uk)

The Asus Eee Box B206 falls between two stools -- it's not powerful enough to take on other media-centre PCs and can't play back high-definition video as well as many of the cheaper media streamers on the market. That said, for undemanding users who...

Appealing design ; Relatively low price

Poor performance ; Can't play most high-definition video formats

Conclusion We're big fans of the Asus Eee Box B206's small form factor, but its lack of performance power is a major hindrance, especially considering Asus has designed it for a media-centre role. If you want to get high-definition media to your TV,...

The B206 might, however, be worth a look for those who are not yet into HD video and just want a simple, multi-purpose box to let them view media, surf the Web and maybe play undemanding games on their TV

Mar, 2009 2009-03-16   3.5

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Asus EEE Box B202 review

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Asus's tiny Eee Box B202 is one of the cheapest and most energy-efficient PCs around, as well as one of the smallest and lightest.

Feb, 2009 2009-02-13   5

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Small, cheap and quick to boot, the Eee Box brings Asus' computing revolution to the desktop. But is it as essential?

Another stroke of genius from Asus, but not quite the must-have that is the Eee PC netbook

Aug, 2008 2008-08-01   4

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Review: Asus Eee Box B202 desktop computer

By Tom Royal (computeractive.co.uk)

Intel's Atom processor in a desktop case

Pros: Quiet; small; Vesa mount included Cons: Limited power; Linux quickboot system is unimpressive Overall: Small and quiet, but looks like poor value compared to similarly specified notebooks

Aug, 2008 2008-08-29   3

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Asus Eee Box - First Look

By Ardjuna Seghers (trustedreviews.com)

The desktop variant of Asus' Eee range, the Eee Box, makes quite an impression.

Jul, 2008 2008-07-18 No rating -0.1

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Asus Eee Box review

By Rich Brown (asia.cnet.com)

Based on the Intel Atom chipset, the Eee Box may be small and cute, but is underpowered for all but the most basic uses.

Small design may have some aesthetic appeal; Draft-N wireless; pre-Windows ExpressGate lets you browse and do other basics seconds after turning on the power

Terrible performance and features compared with standard budget desktops; cheap laptop will offer similar capability, space savings and portability

Despite a few useful features, the ASUS Eee Box is a novelty at best. It can't come close to the same performance and robustness of even the most basic standard budget PC, and a low-end laptop can do everything it can do and more. The appeal of ASUS...

Aug, 2008 2008-08-04   2.9

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Asus Eee Box B206

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The Asus Eee Box B206 is a nettop PC and has 1GB of RAM, an Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor and a 160GB hard drive. It supports Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card. It has an ATI RAdeon HD 3450 graphics...

It runs Windows XP Home Edition and measures 224x178x16mm, weighing 1.15kg.

Aug, 2009 2009-08-31 No rating -0.1

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 1 user review of the ASUS Eee Box B202 / B204 / B206 from asia.cnet.com. This user review was collected in 2008-10-26, with a rating of 90 out of 100.

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"Asus EEE Box is awesome"

The machine is more than capable for any day to day work, sure it wont play the latest games but it isnt meant for that. It provides the average user

  1 Users positive

alaTest has collected and analysed 16 user reviews of the ASUS Eee Box B202 / B204 / B206 from amazon.co.uk. The user reviews were collected from Nov, 2008 to Oct, 2010. The average user rating from amazon.co.uk is 90 out of 100.

  16 Users positive

alaTest has collected and analysed 6 user reviews of the ASUS Eee Box B202 / B204 / B206 from play.com. The user reviews were collected from Jan, 2002 to Jan, 2010. The average user rating from play.com is 93 out of 100.

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good lil pc

It is a good web surfer and office worker, intel should have put a better chipset in that could handle high def, that would have made it a great all r

Excellent

Simply brilliant buy, quiet and runs smooth. I recomend this for anyone.

Nice add on for the TV

It makes a nice add on to an LCD TV. For a controller the deNovo Mini is the best choice. It is a tiny palm sized wireless keyboard and trackpad.

XP YES!

I'm looking forward to this and THANK YOU Play.com for allowing us the opportunity to purchase one with XP (at least we'll be able to install programs

  6 Users positive

alaTest has collected and analyzed 1 user review of the ASUS Eee Box B202 / B204 / B206 from product-reviews.net. This user review was collected in 2010-03-05, with a rating of 80 out of 100.

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Asus EeeBox PC B202

Eerily silent when switched on. Came with windows 7 you need to adjust some windows default settings if it seems slow opening web adresses. no disc dr

  1 Users positive

alaTest has collected and analysed 4 user reviews of the ASUS Eee Box B202 / B204 / B206 from reevoo.com. The user reviews were collected from Dec, 2008 to May, 2009. The average user rating from reevoo.com is 95 out of 100.

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Asus Eee Box B202

Large bright screen, great picture resolution Sound quality through speakers a bit poor, but bought it for picture quality not sound

Asus Eee Box B202

Small, quiet and very fast on to web No CD Slot

Asus Eee Box B202

Looks good, small, quiet, good performance, built in wireless No CD drive

Asus Eee Box B202

Small size, ease of use, energy efficient, very quiet ; Does everything the average user might want No internal CD/DVD drive, but simple to plug in an

  4 Users positive

alaTest has collected and analysed 7 user reviews of the ASUS Eee Box B202 / B204 / B206 from cnet.com. The user reviews were collected from Aug, 2008 to Jan, 2009. The average user rating from cnet.com is 79 out of 100.

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"A novelty at best? How rude!!"

I can't understand such a disdainful- yes, di...  Small.. Fast. Quiet. Price. Nothing for me.

"Great Little Machine"

The Asus Eee Box is a very nice little deskto...  Small form factor, low power usage, wifi built in, None I can think of

"Enery savings and Form Factor significant"

For my application of teaching students compu...  Energy savings for teaching at a school in Uganda. The area is solar powered and so every saving in

"apples and cows"

the review is not comparing apples to oranges...  small, low energy use, quick load, stylish, inexpensive nothing, yet

  7 Users positive

alaTest has collected and analysed 8 user reviews of the ASUS Eee Box B202 / B204 / B206 from circuitcity.com. The user reviews were collected from Mar, 2009 to Apr, 2010. The average user rating from circuitcity.com is 93 out of 100.

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Great Buy

Great little computer. You can mount it behind a monitor and the mount is included. You can upgrade the hard drive but not the memory. I purchased a w

Great Living Room Toy

Perfect for side computer to connect to TV (adapters needed)

Great Replacement for old Thin-Client Terminals

The Eee B202 Desktop is the answer for replacing old thin-client terminals (read Neoware). Low cost, ease of setup and gigabit ethernet combined with

A must if you have a big screen TV

Hooked this up to a 67" DLP. Add an Addesso wireless key board and enjoy. Works perfectly. Wireless 801 makes for a simple TV/Computer interface. Grap

  8 Users positive

alaTest has collected and analysed 97 user reviews of the ASUS Eee Box B202 / B204 / B206 from newegg.com. The user reviews were collected from Aug, 2008 to Oct, 2011. The average user rating from newegg.com is 91 out of 100.

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Perfect Low-traffic Home-server!

This thing is supposed to run OS-X 86 fairly well, too but aside from the "wow" factor, I think running Linux is the far better choice. Perfect swiss

Works as expected

I bought this one explicitly for connecting to my HDTV in living room. Had issue with connection as the original info said the unit has HDMI port, but

Great Living Room computer

I once tried playing a High Definition 1080 Youtube video from it, and it couldn't play it. I don't know if it's just me. But, yeah. Also, using Googl

Avoid!!!

Small ASUS support is terrible! Sat on the phone for 1 hour repeating the same serial number explaining the situation over and over. This is the 2nd t

  94 Users positive 3 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analysed 93 user reviews of the ASUS Eee Box B202 / B204 / B206 from amazon.com. The user reviews were collected from Sep, 2008 to Jul, 2010. The average user rating from amazon.com is 82 out of 100.

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Dandy machine at a great price

Dandy machine at a great price I purchased this to replace my dad's aging homebuilt PC. I had such a good experience I will do the same for my sister

Great small factor pc, runs ubuntu out of the box

Great small factor pc, runs ubuntu out of the box I was able to install ubuntu 10.04 lucid using the live cd iso and unetbootin. to create a bootable

This is a great little computer

This is a great little computer We now have two of these little machines in the office. First bought one to use as the "bookkeeping server". It turned

Great low cost PC

Great low cost PC I bought this device as I am development some Excel templates. I am a big MAC user and found that the templates I generated in Offic

  77 Users positive 16 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analysed 2 user reviews of the ASUS Eee Box B202 / B204 / B206 from ciao.com. The user reviews were collected from May, 2009 to Jun, 2009. The average user rating from ciao.com is 100 out of 100.

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Love PC

All Round High Definition Fun for the Whole Family Enter the world of High Definition entertainment in the very comfort of your own home with the Eee

Excellent

Enjoy superior performance with the Intel Atom N270 / 1.6 GHz Processor and connect to wireless networks such as your home network, school and workpla

  2 Users positive

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ASUS Eee Box B202 / B204 / B206

ASUS Eee Box B202 / B204 / B206: product specifications

Audio Output
Type
Sound card
Cabinet (Chassis)
Form Factor
Ultra small form factor
Manufacturer Form Factor
Mini desktop PC
Cache Memory
Installed Size
512KB
Per Processor Size
512KB
Dimensions & Weight
Depth
17.8cm
Height
1.6cm/2.6cm
Weight
1.15kg/1.18kg/1.3kg
Width
22.2cm/22.3cm
Display (Projector)
Type
None.
Environmental Standards
EPEAT Compliant
 Yes
EPEAT Level
EPEAT Silver
Header
Compatibility
PC
Manufacturer
ASUSTeK COMPUTER
Model
B202/B204/B206
Packaged Quantity
1
Product Line
ASUS Eee Box
Mainboard
Chipset Type
Mobile Intel 945GSE Express
Data Bus Speed
533MHz
Miscellaneous
Colour
Black/White
Modem
Type
 None
Networking
Data Link Protocol
Bluetooth / Ethernet / Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet / IEEE 802.11b / IEEE 802.11g / IEEE 802.11n (draft)/Ethernet / Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet / IEEE 802.11b / IEEE 802.11g / IEEE 802.11n (draft)
Type
Network adapter
Wireless LAN Supported
 Yes
Wireless Protocol
802.11b/g/n (draft)/802.11b/g/n (draft) / Bluetooth
Optical Storage
Type
 None
OS Provided
Edition
Windows XP Home Edition
Family
Windows XP
Type
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Processor
Clock Speed
1.6GHz
Installed Qty
1
Manufacturer
Intel
Max Supported Qty
1
Processor Number
N270
Type
Atom
RAM
Installed Size
1GB
Technology
DDR2 SDRAM
Service & Support
Type
2 years warranty
Storage Floppy Drive
Type
 None
Storage Hard Drive
Interface Type
Serial ATA-150/Serial ATA-300
Storage Hard Drive (2nd)
Type
 None
Storage Removable
Type
 None
System
Hard Drive(-s) Total Capacity
160GB
Type
Personal computer
Video Memory
Installed Size
256MB
Video Output
Graphics Processor / Vendor
ATI Radeon HD 3450/Intel GMA 950

Manufacturer's Description


The Eee Box HD mini desktop PC allows users to enjoy crisp and clear high definition content by means of a HD hardware decoder. Still retaining its svelte design, the Eee Box HD's portability lets you turn virtually any space into a high definition entertainment zone for maximum enjoyment. Anyone can dive straight into the action with the bundled media player - Eee Cinema and convenient remote control. Let the Eee Box HD blow your mind with a high definition experience that is simply out of this world! Enter the world of high definition entertainment in the very comfort of your own home with the Eee Box HD! Equipped with a discrete graphics card that features a high definition hardware decoder, the Eee Box HD delivers the beauty and splendor of high definition motion pictures to your home's HDTV or projector through an easily-accessible HDMI output. Is your home strewn with remote controls - one for each media player? Let the Eee Box HD simplify matters, with a single, easy-to-use remote control that works seamlessly with Eee Cinema, a full-featured media player that makes managing and playing your music, video and photographs easier than ever!

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