[Cube] Mac mini take apart clues

[M. Jeffrey Coco]

Think about what it has to do - right now, people don't multitask at 
their TV's. You watch cable(live or Tivo), or a dvd, or play a video 
game console. So you're basically running one app at a time. El Gato 
already has a nice dvr with their EyeTv, and they're about to beta a 
media streaming app to work with their devices. So let's say I have a 
Mac Mini with bluetooth and and Extreme card, hooked up to say, a 
Panasonic 42" plasma monitor.... :) Assuming that I run from a cable 
box, I can dvr anything with the EyeTv, ala Tivo. I'm then even able to 
stream from the Mini via Airport to my Powerbook, or just watch on the 
monitor. But hey, I'm on the couch with my bluetooth keyboard and mouse 
and I'd rather listen to music, so I bring up iTunes and have a nice 
huge display to browse with. Or maybe I've got the grandparents over 
and want to see iPhotos or iMovies........

Start to see the progression? The only thing that's a bit klunky at 
this point is the input device. A couch potato needs a better 
controller than a keyboard or mouse.



On Jan 12, 2005, at 4:17 PM, Steve Goldstein wrote:

> Wish a sickly 256 MB of RAM?  --S
>
> At 4:07 PM -0500 1/12/05, M. Jeffrey Coco wrote:
>> It's going to be the new home entertainment server.
>
>