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ASUS has finally - finally! - confirmed the existence of the Eee Box.

The company claims its desktop will be just 1 litre in volume, a rather odd measurement for a computer, but Asus are being rather vague on the exact dimensions of the upcoming hardware. The only details suggest that it will be as “slim as a paperback novel”. The desktop version of the Eee PC will be available in August, this summer and Asus will announce the price very soon.

Eee Box will run Windows XP Home on Intel’s Atom N270 processor at 1.6GHz, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, 80GB hard drive, Gigabit Ethernet connection and 802.11n Wi-Fi.

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Asustek Computer plans to add a desktop computer to its Eee PC family that will launch globally in early June, the company revealed Thursday.

With Micro-Star International (MSI) expected to officially launch its 10-inch Wind series notebooks and Acer planning to launch an 8.9-inch Aspire low-cost PC in Europe priced at 299 euros (US$469.49) over the next few weeks, Asustek Computer has decided to rush forward plans to launch a 10-inch version Eee PC, according to notebook industry sources. The Eee PC 1000 is now expect to be launched on June 3 along with the Eee PC 901 and Asustek is also preparing lower priced versions of current models, the sources noted

from Digitimes.

The new desktop, dubbed Eee Box, is a white mini-PC about the size of a hardback book and will come with either a Linux or Windows XP operating system.

Eee Box will come in a range of configurations, including a choice of hard drives from 80G to 250GB in size, and allow users to surf the Internet wirelessly via 802.11n Wi-Fi.

The device comes with four USB ports, two each in front and back, and a slot for Multimedia Cards, SD cards and Memory Sticks.

The most basic version of the device, which will come with an 80GB hard disk and run a Linux operating system, will cost around NT$10,000 (US$328), an Asustek representative said. She declined to comment further on the device or its components.

The new desktop will be part of the popular Eee PC family of Asustek low-cost laptops that allow people to access the Internet wirelessly. The company set a target of shipping over 5 million Eee PC laptops this year, and said a shortage of laptop batteries was the only thing holding back sales.

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Finally Asus Eee Desktop have an official name EBOX.

The system is due to be unveiled at the major Computex show on June 3rd and will buck the Eee PC’s past use of flash memory for storage: the stock model will carry a 160GB hard drive that provides it six times as much capacity as the 20GB Eee PC 900. The EBOX will also hold 2GB of RAM, or twice as much as the newer Eee notebooks.

The company has previously mentioned that it plans to price the computer between $200 and $300, and in leaks is known to be selling the system in black and white colors. No mention has yet been made of offering a Windows version.

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