[mythtv-users] New Mac Mini, ultimate MythTV HD frontend?

[Trey Boudreau]

On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 02:24:04PM -0500, Mike Frisch wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 10:51:21AM -0800, Todd Ignasiak wrote:
> >    The new Mac Mini looks like it will make a great HTPC / MythTV frontend.
> >    It has the same small form factor as the old mini, but with a much faster
> >    processor (dual core option), digital audio output, gigabit ethernet,
> >    built-in IR receiver and remote control.    The dual core intel processor
> >    has plenty of horsepower for HD MPEG2 decoding.      I think I'll be
> >    picking one up.
> 
> Can the Intel 950 video chipset handle it though?
>
According to the Intel specs, yes:

	http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma950/

Intel has had notoriously bad drivers for their graphics chipsets in the
Windows world.  Let's hope Apple wrote their own :-)

-- Trey