Asus Chromeboxes are almost here!

It's been a month since I first went on about a new Chromebox from Asus (see here), but they have finally arrived... almost.  AnandTech is reporting (here) that the boxes are available for pre-order Newegg, Amazon, and TigerDirect.  The one change from the initial press release is that the systems are not going to be fanless.  The fans are supposed to be variable speed and not required to run all the time so noise shouldn't be a major issue.  However, I do miss the whole "no moving parts" thing.  As a plan to use these for a replacement for a thin client I do wonder how the fan will affect it's longevity.  I guess I'd rather have the box running cooler, but moving parts are more likely to fail that solid state parts.  I just hope they chose to use high quality parts in their fans.