Review: Asus Eee Box

(Credit: CNET)

We understand that fast performance is not necessarily the point of the Asus Eee Box, but as we say in our review, which posted this morning, why pay $350 for a dog when you can spend $400 on a shockingly better budget midtower? If it's the small size of the Eee Box that has your eye, we'd encourage you to go for the Eee PC or a similar small and cheap laptop instead. At least you can carry one of those with you, and with the same degree of environmental friendliness.

We're not saying we'll never see a cheap, super-small PC that's worth your time, but unlike all-in-ones, these tiny budget systems don't compare well with their traditional PC counterparts. That goes for you, too, Dell Studio Hybrid. We want to like PCs like you, but so far you're making it hard.

Review: Asus Eee Box

[anneh2009]

I ordered an Asus EEE 1005HA. It stopped charging after 2 days. I phoned Asus who had me fill out 2 pages of paperwork and fax to them. 3 days later they called to say the part i needed would not be available for at least 3 weeks. When i told them this was unacceptable, i could not go 3 weeks without a computer, they got very rude and told me they were not willing to try to get part from another source and they would absolutely not resolve this any other way. The netbook seemed ok the short time it worked, but the Asus customer service is the worst service i have recieved in a very long time.