<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Mark Hutchinson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:markhsa@gmail.com">markhsa@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Does something like this make a good frontend?<br><br><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153161&cm_re=atom-_-13-153-161-_-Product" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153161&cm_re=atom-_-13-153-161-_-Product</a><div>
<div></div><div class="h5"><br><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Atom is the processor, ION is a marketing name for Atom + nVidia 9400. Mike was suggesting that you not purchase either, but rather spec out a system similar to the Mac Mini (and there are multiple others-- see the Dell Zino, build your own, etc) to enjoy similarly low power use, hardware acceleration if you want, and still maintain a functional processor when hardware decode of video comes up short.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Robert </div></div>