Asus has quietly added a new Chromebox to its line of small form-factor desktop computers powered by Google’s Chrome OS operating system.
The new Asus Fanless Chromebox is a 8.14″ x 5.83″ x 1.26″ computer with an extruded aluminum chassis that dissipates heat without the need for a fan, allowing the computer to run silently.
Asus says the Fanless Chromebox will be available with the following options:
- CPU: Intel Celeron 5205U/Core i3-10110U/Core i7-10510U
- Memory:Â 4GB or 8GB DDR4 (2-SODIMMs)
- Storage:Â 32GB or 64GB eMMC or 128GB M.2 SATA SSD
Other features include two HDMI 2.0 ports, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, audio and microSD card ports, and six USB ports:
- 1 x USB 3.2 Type-C
- 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
- 2 x USB 2.0 Type-A
The new Chromebox showed up on the Asus website recently, but Asus hasn’t issued a press release yet so there’s no word on the price or release date.
via AndroidPC.es
In general, can Chromboxes be wiped and installed with other OSes? If so, this looks like a wonderful candidate for a fanless nettop.
Have you heard of Crostini? You can run a full Debian Linux environment on top ChromeOS. A lot of developers do. Most secure and versatile desktop OS imo.
This one with its two Wi-Fi antennas looks like one of those IoT PCs designed to run a router OS and act as routers. But is this Chromebox intended to work as a wireless router for other devices? Chrome OS isn’t a router OS as far as I know. I’m confused.