06-27-2009, 10:50 PM
Regarding AppleTV vs. Mac mini - there are pluses and minus. The AppleTV, with it's 1 GHz PentiumM and 256 MB of RAM has difficulty playing most types of HD video, with the exception of the HD Video content offered thru iTunes (H.264, 1280 x 720, 5 Mbps maximum). The 1.83 GHz Core2Duo in the $349 Mac mini that Microcenter was selling last week is a lot more computer than the AppleTV. Considering it ships with Front Row and the Apple remote - it's a very good media center computer.