ASUS EB1006-W-111-5002

ASUS EB1006-W-111-5002
alaScore 78

31 reviews

May, 2013

We have collected and analyzed 1 expert reviews and 30 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 42/100 and users rate it 68/100. The average review date is Mar 17, 2010. We have compared these reviews to 153379 reviews from other Desktops. The alaScore™ for this product is 78/100 = Good. Last update: May 18, 2013.

Review analysis

(Based on 31 reviews)

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Consumer review by:

Affordable, and good for playing video and web browsing

 

Is a decent price, Takes up little space

Slow processor, little memory. Is not able to stream internet videos very well at all

Consumer review by:

BAD. Does not even surf the web painlessly.

 

I would rather have a cheap laptop or a slightly bulkier desktop that can actually handle a simple task like surfing the web both quickly and painlessly. My Blackberry shouldn't be able to out perform this thing and it does. Looks like I should have...

It is Small, but that is about the best thing it has going for it. Small and cute

Boot time is horrible. Running a web browser is sluggish. Opening a pdf is tedious. Basically havent tried anything more than that

Consumer review by:

Great entertainment system!

 

Great entertainment system!

We bought the Asus Eee Box to complete our living room entertainment system. We have our television hooked up to the Eee Box and our portable hard-drive as well. We can now watch Netflix and Hulu directly on our television! We love it!

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Consumer review by:

The Eee Box is good for what it is. ”

 

First thing's first:  I got a good price on this box.  Found it for $195 at a deal-a-day site.  I think it's good for that price.

Consumer review by:

Not worth it as server, OK as low power PC for granma, wont boot without HDMI plugged in !!!!

 

Not worth it as server, OK as low power PC for granma, wont boot without HDMI plugged in !!!!

yep. works as a system. but no one mentioned that this thing wont go past the POST without HDMI monitor plugged in. useless as a server or hey even a remote camera recording thing. what kinda computer wont power up without monitor switched on? i wasted...

Consumer review by:

Bad with Skype

 

Bad with Skype

Get a warning from Skype "your computer is running very slow" or "too slow to make calls." "Close other program" But Skype is the only program running. Asus support has been dismal. Anyone else with the Skype problem. Anyway to fix it? I bought for...

Consumer review by:

Great system, terrible os

 

Windows comes with numlock on, so be sure to turn it off before you start trying to use the keyboard. All in all it's a great unit itself, but I feel the unit should have at least had functional drivers out of the box if it's going to come with an OS...

If you put a new OS on it, or after you've fixed what I listed below it's great. Plays back HD content no problem, can even play some newer games on medium settings decently. Can multitask on smaller programs pretty decently as well, but it can slow...

The OS out of the box is terrible. I even tried a system restore from the restore partition to be sure and ended up with exactly the same issues. Theres a ton of bloatware (most of it Windows related) that autoruns and seriously bogs down the system. I...

Consumer review by:

Dead after 12 hours

 

If you're looking to use this as a HTPC then look for the NVIDIA ION version of this box. The Radeon card in this box is great but I don't think it can handle full HD video at a high resolution (and I'm not sure about the ION version either, so do your...

Great little system, the coolest thing is that it comes with a mount for the back of your flat screen monitor and you never have to see it! Fantastic for my grandfather-in-law who just needs a computer for email and word processing. It'd be great for...

It died after two weeks so I had to send in an RMA to ASUS because I had already sent the UPC in for the rebate (so I couldn't just return it to Newegg, otherwise I would have). Thankfully they've accepted my RMA request and I'm sending it in tomorrow....

Consumer review by:

Great for it's purpose

 

Paired this system with a NewEgg Hanns-G 20" LCD monitor with HDMI, DVI and VGA-in (got it on sale) and this system really is a blast to have. Hooked it all up via HDMI, mounted the system to the back, and we have a very simple, eye-catching PC that we...

I've done a lot of research into "nettop" pc's, and made the leap into buying one when we remodeled our kitchen, and found ourselves wanting to include a dedicated kitchen PC. The design on this box, which allows you to mount the entire rig to the back...

Would have liked to have Windows 7, or XP Pro on it, but for the uses here, XP home will work fine

Consumer review by:

One major drawback

 

One major drawback

Mostly cons I guess. While I just got the computer & it seems to work well, I was miffed & perplexed to see that it only has an HDMI video output jack and no VGA output. I checked the spec's on here but it says nothing about that. There is an...

Product Specifications

The Eee Box HD mini desktop PC is the latest addition to the Eee Box family. This newest incarnation now allows users to enjoy crisp and clear high definition content by means of a HD hardware decoder.

Audio Output

Type:Sound card

Cabinet (Chassis)

Form Factor:Ultra small form factor
Manufacturer Form Factor:Mini desktop PC

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:7in
Height:1.1in
Weight:2.2lbs
Width:8.7in

Display (Projector)

Type:None.

Environmental Standards

ENERGY STAR Qualified: Yes
EPA Energy Star Compliant: Yes
EPEAT Compliant: Yes
EPEAT Level:EPEAT Silver

Header

Compatibility:PC
Manufacturer:ASUSTeK COMPUTER
Model:EB1006
Packaged Quantity:1
Product Line:ASUS Eee Box

Mainboard

Chipset Type:Mobile Intel 945GSE Express
Data Bus Speed:533MHz

Miscellaneous

Color:Black/White

Modem

Type: None

Networking

Data Link Protocol:Ethernet / Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet / IEEE 802.11b / IEEE 802.11g / IEEE 802.11n (draft)/IEEE 802.11n (draft) / IEEE 802.11g / IEEE 802.11b / Gigabit Ethernet / Fast Ethernet
Type:Network adapter
Wireless LAN Supported: Yes
Wireless Protocol:802.11b/g/n (draft)

Optical Storage

Type: None

OS Provided

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
Max Supported Size:2GB
Technology:DDR2 SDRAM

Service & Support

Type:1 year warranty

Storage Floppy Drive

Type: None

Storage Hard Drive

Interface Type: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 4530
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