[mythtv-users] Zotac ION MythTV + Windows VM for NetFlix?

[Brian Long]

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Johnny <jarpublic at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Has anyone tried running a Windows VM on their Zotac ION Atom 230 in
> order
> > to use Netflix streaming?  I'm about to purchase a new frontend, but
> would
> > like to know if people are running the NetFlix streamer on such a low-end
> > CPU.
>
> I doubt it. I don't think that Intel puts their virtualization support
> into the Atom chips. Also from the reviews I have read it seems like
> the Atom was barely able to keep up with decent bitrate Flash video
> from sites like Hulu. In a VM you won't have any hardware acceleration
> and you will be eating up extra CPU cycles. Somebody would have
> actually test it to be sure, but I would be really surprised if you
> got acceptable performance.
>

I guess I would need to use dual-boot on this system since I understand the
Atom + 9400M works well for NetFlix while running Windows natively with
NVidia's binary drivers.  I'm actually thinking of going the AoE-boot route
for Windows and standard PXE-boot for Linux.

http://etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/winxp

Has anyone on the list successfully used the method documented at the above
link?

/Brian/
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