[mythtv-users] AppleTV with Linux

Kisner, Thomas tkisner at necunified.com
Mon Feb 11 16:53:52 UTC 2008


On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 06:41:14PM -0500, Scott D. Davilla wrote:
>> >This is a really close price point and has enough horsepower that it
>> >should run anything you want.  A friend of mine has one and hasn't
had
>> >much trouble with it as a frontend.
>> >
>> >http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=ASL100-UD360A-R&cpc=HPM
>> 
>> 64 bit dual core AMD Athon procesor at 2.2GHz --> that's good
>> integrated graphic w/ nvidia 6150 --> that's good
>> 
>> The Acer web site list a 3800+ instead of the 3600+ so I'll bet this 
>> is a close out of the previous version.
>> 
>> This seems pretty good for the price. It's refurbished but that's not

>> really a bad thing.
>
>One more point to consider -- Acer's warranty isn't worth
>anything. If something breaks, you are on your own. 

Still $100 more.  Doesn't have 802.11N, and isn't silent.  Doesn't have
component out either (not that that's a big deal).  Still it does look
pretty good.  You gotta figure the $100 price difference is mostly
Windows being installed on it...


 


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