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benbrown said, (47 days ago)
The Mac Mini is going to be connected to the TV so we can watch Hulu and podcasts and stuff on the 52-incher. The Airport Extreme lives downstairs on my desk with the printer and the new 500gb drive named "Ghost" which is currently accepting an 80gb Time Machine backup over the network. I am pretty pissed that the Airport Extreme all of a sudden doesn't feature an audio port like my Airport Express does. Also, I need more power squids.
benbrown said, (47 days ago)
I am excited about the tiny little bluetooth keyboard with the Mini, but I have a feeling I will use the screen sharing more often.
centropomus said, (47 days ago)
I very nearly did this myself, but I realized that for the same money I could build a much more heavily pimped out Linux-based mythTV box. I also realized I have a $6000 balance on my credit cards, and should pay that off before doing either one.
benbrown said, (47 days ago)
Yeah, I just want to use GT! and watch my own podcast on the big screen.
benbrown said, (47 days ago)
Oh god, I am right now typing on the giant screen via Back-to-my-mac. This is totally awesomely pointlessly over complicated and redundant!
soulcamp said, (47 days ago)
The Airport Extreme is ridiculously overpriced and Apple's current keyboards are their worst yet. No numeric keypad? Seriously? What a joke.
If you bought the MyBook at the Apple Store, then I'm sure it was ridiculously overpriced also. Costco has the 1TB edition with Firewire for like $239. But the mini is nice. I should upgrade my slow G4 mini someday.
I'd consider going with an Apple TV someday, but my CIR Engineering-calibrated Mitsubishi 65" CRT doesn't accept 720p, only 1080i, so it's kinda worthless to me.
soulcamp said, (47 days ago)
Airport Express, however, is teh awesome! I have one in nearly every room in the house - my music is with me, always.
kurisub said, (47 days ago)
as much as I love apple's new keyboards, I agree with Soul, I really miss my num pad! I would buy the wired version, but this one fits perfectly on my desk.
Jiggs Casey said, (47 days ago)
yay for new hardware. especially tiny hardware. i got a little asus eee pc.
benbrown said, (45 days ago)
I am now really digging using the Remote Buddy iPhone app. It gets me pretty close my ideal music control scenario, where I can listen anywhere and control anywhere.
Someone went a little mac crazy at the store!