[mythtv-users] Interesting Reading: Windows Secrets reviews AppleTV and GoogleTV

[jedi]

On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 05:15:19PM -0500, Atlanta Geek wrote:
> >    Everyone has their own ideas about how much a component should take
> > up. Although I think they took things to a logical extreme with the last
> > update to the Mini. Increasing the price also bites.
> >
> I'd be happy wiith a DVD player footprint from around the year 2002.
> short but broad so it fits in my cabinet. Especially if the tradeoff
> is noise and not having air vents in weird places.
> Not to mention internal Power supplies.
> 
> Did I mention the Mac Mini from 2010 has an internal power supply.

    Actually, this is one part I liked about the older Minis.

    Separating one of the major sources of heat production from the
rest of the unit is not a bad idea really. 

> Its just a solid design in general and Im dissappointed that there is
> no cheaper competitor that can go head to head on the hardware/price
> point war.