ASUS Eee Box EBXB202-BLK-X0179 Nettop PC with Windows XP Home - Black

The two I just ordered will make numbers 15 & 16 for me. They're great little systems. No, they're not going to blaze through a round of Photoshop, or the latest, greatest FPS game, but they'll fill the role of office machine in most offices. They'll run an Office suite, surf, handle e-mail, and most other mundane tasks with the best of them, all while taking up less space than a hard back book, and using less power than most laptops. If you're using them for what they're designed for, they're actually tiny little powerhouse machines.

And, they'll run Windows 7 Pro quite well, particularly if you kick 'em up to 2GB of RAM.

This Asus Eee Box was purchased for my sister-in-law to replace a dead "tower" computer that was too large for her anyway (both in terms of size and power). Installation was stone simple, and it worked perfectly right out of the box. The only glitch, if you will, was that her existing flat panel monitor (which she wanted to continue to use) had a connecting cable that was VGA on both ends, but the Asus's output for the monitor is DVI. So, I had to go to Radio Shack and buy a VGA-to-DVI adapter in order to use her monitor. Moral of the story is to look at your monitor cable, and if it's not DVI, buy the adapter that you need while you're on-line where it will cost you a few bucks, instead of three or four times that at your local electronics store. While you're at it, check to be sure that your keyboard and mouse are USB, otherwise they won't work. We used this new computer "opportunity" to upgrade to a wireless keyboard and mouse (Logitech with unified USB receiver).

The Asus is more than powerful enough for simple Internet browsing, email, and the occasional letter that you might want to write. This kind of usage is probably what 80% of the home-computing population needs, and the small "box" and price is great. So, if this sounds like you, this computer should work fine.

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This item DOES NOT come with keyboard, mouse, or the DVI to VGA adapter that has been included in the nearly 100 eeeBox units we have purchased over the past year. So figure in another $20 for that on top of the Amazon price.

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