[mythtv-users] 2010 Mac Mini?

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Thu Jul 22 21:25:02 UTC 2010


On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 02:29:31PM -0500, Nick F wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 5:09 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> >>    Interestingly enough, trying to run Hulu Desktop doesn't seem to
> >> cause it to draw a great deal of power despite using up every spare CPU
> >> cycle. Nor does divx decoding.
> >
> > All the atom freq scaling and power savings functionality is reserved
> > for the netbook-targeted atom. The desktop ones don't do much of
> > anything in the way of power savings, don't do any freq scaling, etc.
> > Because, you know, who wants power savings when you're plugged into
> > the wall all the time? (Intel missed the boat on this one, imo, but
> > maybe they'll wise up eventually).
> 
> 
> Talking about Hulu.  Is anyone successfully playing Hulu / BBC iPlayer
> / flash video on an Atom/ION?  I have a Zotac (330 dual core with ION)
> and it struggles really badly.  Is there a trick to getting flash to

     I have tried it on my Asrock 330 boxes and it's pretty unusable.

> work (I know there is no hardware acceleration) with an ION?

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