Comments on: iPod Hi-Fi and New Mac Mini http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hifi_and_new_mac_mini The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tim Buchheim http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hifi_and_new_mac_mini#comment-18403 Tim Buchheim Fri, 03 Mar 2006 01:02:44 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hi-fi_and_new_mac_mini/#comment-18403 I look forward to putting the new Core Duo version of the Mac mini in our labs where I work. It will be a big improvement over the G4 model. But that will have to wait until summer.. I'm not going to start supporting two architectures halfway through the semester. I look forward to putting the new Core Duo version of the Mac mini in our labs where I work. It will be a big improvement over the G4 model. But that will have to wait until summer.. I'm not going to start supporting two architectures halfway through the semester.

]]> By: Aaron Linville http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hifi_and_new_mac_mini#comment-18402 Aaron Linville Wed, 01 Mar 2006 01:27:09 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hi-fi_and_new_mac_mini/#comment-18402 The addition of gigabit is nice but (and it appears I'm not alone in this) I think the price points are a bit high. I'd really like to get a Intel Mac, but I don't think it will happen until need to refresh my laptop. As a media center it's decent. Front Row is rather limited but they really need to make a framework so that developers can extend it. I myself would probably end up building a MythTV setup if I ever decided I needed a media center (personalized weather, emulator front-ends, ticker bars, oh yea). The addition of gigabit is nice but (and it appears I'm not alone in this) I think the price points are a bit high. I'd really like to get a Intel Mac, but I don't think it will happen until need to refresh my laptop.

As a media center it's decent. Front Row is rather limited but they really need to make a framework so that developers can extend it. I myself would probably end up building a MythTV setup if I ever decided I needed a media center (personalized weather, emulator front-ends, ticker bars, oh yea).

]]> By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hifi_and_new_mac_mini#comment-18401 Erik J. Barzeski Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:33:58 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hi-fi_and_new_mac_mini/#comment-18401 andy, I just read that and was going to come here to post it: as a stand-in for your DVD player, the Mac Mini might be kind of nice, actually. You won't be able to do ALL of the things you can do with your DVD player (the slow-frames, alternate angles, yada yada stuff via the little Apple remote), but it'd take up no extra space on your receiver and it'd offer all the extra capabilities, too. Too bad my 5-disc Sony DVD player is unlikely to need replaced in the next, oh, two or three years. andy, I just read that and was going to come here to post it: as a stand-in for your DVD player, the Mac Mini might be kind of nice, actually. You won't be able to do ALL of the things you can do with your DVD player (the slow-frames, alternate angles, yada yada stuff via the little Apple remote), but it'd take up no extra space on your receiver and it'd offer all the extra capabilities, too.

Too bad my 5-disc Sony DVD player is unlikely to need replaced in the next, oh, two or three years.

]]> By: Jesper http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hifi_and_new_mac_mini#comment-18400 Jesper Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:28:43 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hi-fi_and_new_mac_mini/#comment-18400 Good question. I'm just saying you're not bound to having an iPod in there, but in that case, you'd probably be better off with other speakers in the first place. Good question. I'm just saying you're not bound to having an iPod in there, but in that case, you'd probably be better off with other speakers in the first place.

]]> By: andy@atfactor.com http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hifi_and_new_mac_mini#comment-18399 andy@atfactor.com Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:28:01 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hi-fi_and_new_mac_mini/#comment-18399 this guy has a pretty good point: http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/02/28/intel-mac-minis-video-card/ this guy has a pretty good point:

http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/02/28/intel-mac-minis-video-card/

]]> By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hifi_and_new_mac_mini#comment-18398 Erik J. Barzeski Tue, 28 Feb 2006 22:36:46 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hi-fi_and_new_mac_mini/#comment-18398 The audio port isn't going to do much for me. Why would it? The audio port isn't going to do much for me. Why would it?

]]> By: Jesper http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hifi_and_new_mac_mini#comment-18397 Jesper Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:02:42 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hi-fi_and_new_mac_mini/#comment-18397 There's an audio in port on the Hi-Fi. There's an audio in port on the Hi-Fi.

]]> By: Derek http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hifi_and_new_mac_mini#comment-18396 Derek Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:38:02 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hi-fi_and_new_mac_mini/#comment-18396 I may get a Mac Mini to test my app for Intel. It's suspicious how they aren't touting the graphics of this new system, but it does come with twice the video memory than the last one. I don't know much about Intel on board graphics, but I would think they're as weak as you can get. Even so, there aren't many games you could probably play on this new machine. You are right in that they botched the pricing on this one. I still haven't bought an iPod, so no hifi for me. I may get a Mac Mini to test my app for Intel. It's suspicious how they aren't touting the graphics of this new system, but it does come with twice the video memory than the last one. I don't know much about Intel on board graphics, but I would think they're as weak as you can get. Even so, there aren't many games you could probably play on this new machine. You are right in that they botched the pricing on this one.

I still haven't bought an iPod, so no hifi for me.

]]> By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hifi_and_new_mac_mini#comment-18395 Erik J. Barzeski Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:09:44 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/02/28/ipod_hi-fi_and_new_mac_mini/#comment-18395 And they raised the price of the mini above the psychological $500 barrier. Fooey! And they raised the price of the mini above the psychological $500 barrier. Fooey!

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