The Asus Eee Box line of miniature desktop computers have shipped with low power Intel Atom chips since day one. Sure, some models had higher performance NVIDIA graphics processors, but under the hood every Eee Box had Intel inside. But now the company is getting ready to launch its first AMD-powered nettops. Asus first showed of the Eee Box EB1020…

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Asus has added two new mini-desktop computers to its Eee Box line. What sets the new EB1020 and EB1021 apart from earlier models though are the AMD Fusion chips. The Eee Box EB1020 features a 1 GHz AMD C-50 dual core processor with AMD Radeon HD 6250 graphics — the same combination powering the Acer Aspire One 522 netbook that’s…

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The Asus Eee Box EB1501P is the latest small-form factor desktop PC (or nettop) from Asus. We recently discovered that the little guy would ship with a dual core Intel Atom D525 processor and next-generation NVIDIA ION graphics. I just received word from Asus that the nettop should be available in the US in the next few weeks, with a…

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Asus is getting ready to launch a mini-dekstop computer with the latest generation of NVIDIA ION graphics and a dual core Intel Atom D525 processor. The Asus Eee Box EB1501P showed up on the Asus web site today. In a lot of ways, the EB1501P is the desktop equivalent of the upcoming Asus Eee PC 1215N laptop. The machines have…

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Asus is preparing to launch yet-another-nettop that looks more like a Nintendo Wii than a full fledged PC. The company has been pumping out minor variations on this theme for the past year or two, but there’s one major feature setting the Eee Box EB1012P apart from the rest: Support for next-generation NVIDIA ION graphics. The mini-desktop also sports a…

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It’s kind of hard to make a nettop stand out from the crowd these days. Sure, you can come up with some sort of flashy design, but we’ve seen plenty of small form factor desktops with low power processors in the last two years. Some have optical disc drives, others don’t. Some have integrated graphics, while others have higher quality…

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Asus has added the Eee Box EB1007 nettop to its product pages.  At first glance it looks like pretty much every other nettop Asus has launched int he last two years. But under the hood this tiny desktop has a new Intel Atom Pine Trail processor and… yeah, that’s about it for the differences. According to the Asus web site,…

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At first glance, the Asus Eee Box EB1007 looks exactly like every other nettop that Asus has released in the past year or so. It’s a small, thin desktop PC that looks more like a Nintendo Wii than a fully functional computer. But on the inside, the EB1007 packs the latest and greatest in low power, decent performance chips. The…

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The Asus Eee Box EB1501 is a small form factor desktop computer, or nettop. And when I say small, I mean, if you pick one up, there’s a good chance your friends will confuse it with a Nintendo Wii. But Asus still manages to pack a DVD drive, NVDIA ION graphics, and a fairly sizable fan inside. If you want…

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The Asus Eee Box EB1501 is a tiny desktop computer that sports a dual core Atom 330 processor, NVIDIA ION graphics and a slot-loading disc drive. It’s the first Eee Box nettop to feature a disc drive, although it’s hardly the first small form factor PC or even NVIDIA ION-powered nettop with one. Peter at Netbooked managed to get his…

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The Asus Eee Box EB1501 was already one of the most powerful nettops in the Asus family thanks to a dual core Atom 330 processor, NVIDIA ION graphics, and a built-in DVD drive. But now it looks like there’s a Blu-Ray option as well, at least for European customers. Swiss retailer web site Toppreise.ch has listings for a Blu-Ray version…

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The Eee Box EB1501 is a pretty slick looking new nettop from Asus that includes NVIDIA ION graphics, a dual core Intel Atom 330 CPU, and a DVD burner. Asus has put together a video that highlights these features as well as the EB1501′s small size and low power consumption. But you know what would make this nettop even more…

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