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Remember back when we thought that the Eee Box, a low cost, underpowered desktop machine, would be the oddest computer to be branded as part of the Eee series?

Yes, I laugh about that a little too, looking back.

The Eee Box has sold out it’s first limited release in Taiwan and now the reviews are rolling in, like the one posted today on Hot Hardware. This is an excellent review of both the physical hardware and performance of the unit, with lots of nice meaty benchmark tests. I got the impression they came into the review expecting to dislike the device but in the end had to give it a solid recommendation, summarizing their views with:

In some respects, when we think about what the capabilities of a $349 desktop system should be like, we can’t help but be impressed what Asus has achieved and the overall value of the Eee Box.  What’s more impressive though is the Eee Box’s absolutely tiny form-factor and completely miserly power consumption.  The original Eee PC notebook cultivated quite an enthusiastic following in the marketplace and we think the Eee Box is likely to as well.  When you stop to think of the numerous embedded applications for a computer this size (kiosk, digital signage, car computer, etc), the market acceptance of the Eee Box should by all rights be just as impressive as previous generation Eee PC products.

So, do you agree that Asus will create yet another new niche market with the Eee Box? Does the world NEED a ultra cheap, tiny desktop computer category, and is this the start of a new trend? Asus has done it before, can they do it again?