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XBMC Running On an Atom-Based MID

Posted by timothy on from the to-watch-programs-made-by-other-acronyms dept.

reborn writes "Someone's got XBMC running on one of those MIDs. This one is a Compal Jax10. It runs Linux and is powered by an Intel Atom processor clocked at 800Mhz along with Intel's GMA500, which is basically a licensed PowerVR SGX GPU. Except for the better GPU (and its screen and keyboard, of course), it is similarly specced as some of the lower-end netbooks. XBMC would make a great portable media player, given its ability to play media off the network and virtually all file formats, but in the end it depends on the price-point of these MIDs. Here's the video."

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  1. Re:XBMC, MID, GMA500, SGX GPU... by MichaelSmith · · Score: 3, Funny

    I had to open four tabs to find out what the article was about. But then it wasn't so interesting. To me, anyway.

    Maybe I should submit an article about running open office on ubuntu: "Pull down Applications menu..."

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  2. That's nothing by zoid.com · · Score: 2, Funny

    I got a RJ-96 running on a x-Jmad without even putting a modded CRANK i the EIEIO.

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  3. Re:XBMC, MID, GMA500, SGX GPU... by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Funny

    PCMCIA! (People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms)

    Well...maybe some of us can.

    Oh yeah, TANSTAAFL!