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Apple TV Already Being Hacked

Posted by kdawson on from the let-me-at-it dept.

TunesBoy writes "Only a couple of days after being shipped, the Apple TV is already being modified in a variety of ways. A thread at Something Awful discusses installing VLC, and a dedicated site, AppleTVHacks.net, has appeared and is cataloging hacks including a hard-drive upgrade tutorial. Did Apple intend for the Apple TV to be so easy to upgrade and hack?"

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  1. Re:Why don't I just buy a 360? by blakmac · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "For a meager $399, I could get an Xbox360 with all these features AND dvd playback. It even does Hi-def downloads, Live Arcade games, and awesome AAA titles (GTA IV, Devil May Cry 4, (possibly) MGS and FF)." So? With a Windows 95 machine I can get FNAOL...

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  2. How hard was it by StarKruzr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    for you to refrain from putting "APK" at the bottom of that post?

    Did you have to backspace over it again and again, each time finding that you couldn't resist typing it?

    (Also, for the record, I was a field service engineer for a major photo company's digital minilab equipment for 4 years and got more in compensation per year than you will ever manage to pull down as a salary. Your sad lack of reading comprehension skills will ensure that, my friend.)

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