appletvhacks.net — There has been a great deal of fanfare, complaint and uproar over the Apple TV hard drive being only 40GB. Given the size of video content, and that Apple offer an iPod with an 80GB drive, it does seem rather strange.Well, that’s because Apple seem to be planning additional models for the Apple TV. Keen eyed reader, eirikso, noticed that...
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swaggadocioApr 5, 2007
It's not a perfect thin client: It has a hard disk, capable cpu, adequate memory and if you have been keeping abreast of the hack news, you would know it can boot the full fat OSX. It's a tad overspecced to be a thin client. It has the potential to be a super cheap entry level mac. Unfortunately, I can't see Apple cheapening their brand equity by releasing a "budget" anything to the mass market. Even the Shuffle is a $10 dollar mp3 player tarted up!
robbiedoApr 5, 2007
I was looking at one at the Apple Store yesterday. Neat, elegant, unobtrusive device. However, I placed my hand on top of device, and it runs very hot; nearly painfully hot.
miothegreatApr 5, 2007
What? Media Center Extenders have been doing what AppleTV does, and more, and better, for years.
Closed AccountApr 5, 2007
Yea well, there are people outside of the US that need a de facto DVR, TiVo is not exactly a household name in the UK, or for many other countries for that matter. Their success outside the US is very limited. If the AppleTV had a DVB tuner it would be MASSIVE in the UK. There is definatley a market for this sort of thing in the UK, and whilst I am aware of MythTV, many consumers would rather have a device with "out of the box" functionality. BskyB tried to do this with "Sky Plus", but that didn't really take off as well as they hoped., features were limited, as well as much of the DVR functionality.A few years ago, it seemed the thought that Apple would enter the mobile sector would be absurd, that there was too much competition in the market. The thought of Apple making a phone was ridiculous. A few years before that, the iPod. There is definitely a market for such a device, especially here in the UK. Apple just need to play their cards right and recognize that need.
cubbiecoApr 6, 2007
No. Never. Apple TV is a consumer device, mac mini is a computer. While they consolidate some things you're talking about related products such as the ipod mini and ipod nano. A consumer device and a computer are not related. While yes it makes sense to geeky types who see the Apple TV as a computer, Apple is marketing it as a device, not a computer.
leesoongApr 6, 2007
AppleTV can be a perfect OS X 10.5 Thin Client Machine.Link a Computer lab of 30 AppleTVs up to 1 Mac Pro Quad Core server - and you are good to go,software and data shared on the network server - 30 AppleTVs and LCD HDTV screens for workstations.I hope Apple Develops the AppleTV into:1. A game machine.2. A Thin Client3. A low cost Linux / OS X computerHolding it back only hurts Apple.
tezz27000Apr 6, 2007
i'd buy one if it could record to mpeg or divx or something of the like
st3vApr 6, 2007
I'll buy one if I can put Windows Vista on it.