The intentions from Asus are clear with the new EB1012P nettop.  With a more powerful than usual Intel Atom D510 processor (1.66GHz, dual core), next generation ION, HDMI and 5.1 channel audio, this nettop looks destined to be a HTPC out of the box.  Of course, there’s also VGA out, standard audio jacks, a card reader, USB 3.0 , eSATA, LAN, Gigabit LAN, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, 2.5” SATA storage (250GB / 320GB HDD) and Windows 7 Home Premium.

Price has been rumored to be around $400 but availability is not known yet.

Check out the hands-on video after the break.

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