Asus' Eee Box targeted at SMEs

INDIA: IT service provider Asus, in association with Intel, has launched world's greenest, quietest and the most cost effective desktop PC in India.

The Eee Box as it is called, measures only 1L in size and is powered by Intel's atom processor and consumes only 90 percent power than normal desktop PCs and is one of the quietest desktop PC with only 26 decibels sound emission.

This product is targeted at the small and medium enterprise (SMEs) and home users segments in India. It features an IPTV player that allows the users to personalize and watch lists of TV shows with ease.

Benson Lin, Corporate VP, Asus, said, "With ever-increasing concern over global warming and the looming threat to the environment, Asus has taken multiple initiatives in manufacturing eco-friendly products."

Stanley Wu, Product Manager, Notebooks and Eee PC, Asus (India), said, "Eee Box is yet another revolutionary product from Asus in the 'Eee' product range. The product will help boost the sales in the overall desktop market in India because of the advantages it provides in terms of size and power saving."

The Eee Box

Gopal Swaminathan, GM- OEM Business, Intel South Asia, said, "The Eee Box uses the Intel Atom N270 (1.6GHz) processor, based on an entirely new architecture designed from the ground up specifically for low power and performance in an ultra-small package."

"This is our smallest processor built with the world's smallest transistors and a fundamental shift in design, small yet powerful enough to enable a big Internet experience on devices such as the Eee Box," he added.