[mythtv-users] First ION desktop officially announced - Acer AspireRevo

[Mitch Gore]

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>
> The latest VDPAU capable FE I built cost me $273.95(excluding shipping)
> from the Egg.
>
> It was an Inwin BM639 case/power supply for $84.99
> 945GCLF2 MB and Atom 330 processor for $79.99
> Sparkle 8400GS 512MB PCI card for $54.99
> 2GB memory for $18.99
> 80GB HDD for $34.99
>
> In addition I had to replace the chipset fan (which was loud!).  I had a
> 40mm fan already - otherwise that would have been another $5 or so.  I
> probably could have found a cheaper HDD but I wanted a Seagate, and that was
> the smallest capacity that I clicked on.
>
> It works a treat (plays back Blurays without a problem) using Ubuntu 8.10
> and Jean-Yves's 0.21 repo.
>
> I need to build another frontend, and would love to come in closer to $200
> (for similar functionality)
>
>
Well you could drop the $35 hard drive and netboot.

-- 
Mitchell
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