[mythtv-users] Who's going to be the first?

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Wed Sep 1 23:36:53 UTC 2010


On Wednesday, September 01, 2010 05:26:52 pm Gavin Hurlbut wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Richard Morton
> > 
> > <richard.e.morton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I'm guessing (based on size, OS and price - $99) that this is Apple A4
> > > powered; i.e. ARM.
> > 
> > It says right on the specs page that its an A4 proc.
> > 
> > I already plan to buy one, but not for anything mythtv-related.
> 
> Someone's an Apple fan-boy :)
> 
> It's a shame it seems to be iLocked like all else recent from apple.  That
> toy could be so useful otherwise.  Still looks like a cool toy if you have
> a need for it.

The operative word there is "looks".

I just don't see what's so great about it. For the same money you can get many units that are not locked down, and have 
internal storage as well.

Other than the physical form-factor, what's the big deal? The ability to over-pay for programming and have Apple tell you 
what you can and can't do?

Apple hype only goes so far, sooner or later you have to deliver the goods.





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