There has been various coverage and speculation about the new device that apple is to launch next Tuesday (somewhat conveniently timed to be 2 days before the xp launch
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Could this be the initative that brings the mac up the curve as far as use as a HTPC ? The speculation I have read is almost evenly divided between it being a PDA and some sort of digital music device, with plenty of wish lists being offered (ie. "i reckon it will have DVD-RW, HDTV tuning, PVR functionality etc")
I have been a reader of this forum for a while and share the view that a mac should (although probably doesn't) make a great HTPC.
The great thing that I could see would be a multi-room audio (or video) device that runs wirelessly through the Airport. That is something like the Audiotron from Turtle Beach but wireless. Then the mac could run multi-room music distribution to the particular device with a small lcd screen running a simplified version of iTunes). Where you go from there is anyone's guess and the imagination could run wild...
I am interested in people's thoughts....
Could this be the initative that brings the mac up the curve as far as use as a HTPC ? The speculation I have read is almost evenly divided between it being a PDA and some sort of digital music device, with plenty of wish lists being offered (ie. "i reckon it will have DVD-RW, HDTV tuning, PVR functionality etc")
I have been a reader of this forum for a while and share the view that a mac should (although probably doesn't) make a great HTPC.
The great thing that I could see would be a multi-room audio (or video) device that runs wirelessly through the Airport. That is something like the Audiotron from Turtle Beach but wireless. Then the mac could run multi-room music distribution to the particular device with a small lcd screen running a simplified version of iTunes). Where you go from there is anyone's guess and the imagination could run wild...
I am interested in people's thoughts....