Apple TV Running Full Mac OS X

This is cool and all, but wouldn't it just be easier to buy a Mac mini? By the time you get up to a usable amount of storage and RAM, you've spent the same amount of money. Then there's the whole "no optical drive" thing which makes installing some software a bit of a hassle (but converting CDs into ISOs for mounting is one of the first things I do with purchased software anyway).

If you're using it to run, say, a MythTV frontend, though, this is a nice, Apple-branded option.

This is dumb..

What people would be doing is getting a low quality Mac in terms of CPU and RAM AND Hard Drive.

They do get OS 10.4.7 though :rolleyes:

You're missing the point. Notice all the hacking attention to Appletv? This means that it could sell well to various consumers, not just the high-end hi-def tv owners.

The more Apple hardware the better because it will allow Apple to leverage it even more in time.

This is good in my opinion. Very good.

Would you need to upgrade anything? The hard drive is on 20 gb smaller. What are the ram specs on the ATV? I would not think you could upgrade that like you can on the mini. For a simple machine that could manage media and now be used to do other things in the place of a mini this is an interesting development.

Good Hack.

The more devices running OSX the better :)

I like this hack, I would do this for a very very small child learning to use a computer or a senior citizen. :mad: Cheaper than a mac mini for only ultra-simple purposes. Word processing, internet, e-mail, and chess and that's it. Very nice.

This is dumb..

What people would be doing is getting a low quality Mac in terms of CPU and RAM AND Hard Drive.

They do get OS 10.4.7 though :rolleyes:

The tutorial recommends an update to at least 10.4.8. Assuming you have the ability to clone the drive and then install OS X onto it (and so don't need to buy another HD), you're looking at a $300 Mac with component and HDMI output. Yeah, it's not a powerhouse. But it'd be a decent family room entertainment center/email station/web browser, and, with a BT dongle on the back, it takes up virtually no room.

The tutorial recommends an update to at least 10.4.8. Assuming you have the ability to clone the drive and then install OS X onto it (and so don't need to buy another HD), you're looking at a $300 Mac with component and HDMI output. Yeah, it's not a powerhouse. But it'd be a decent family room entertainment center/email station/web browser, and, with a BT dongle on the back, it takes up virtually no room.

And there, ladies in gents, is why it kicks butt!

Wonder how many ATVs will be sold tonight?

a machine with 1G CPU, 256MB RAM, no CD/DVD drive, really, a low end mini is well worth that extra $$$ than cheap APPLE TV MINI COMPUTER.

how long before people end up doing the same to iphone?