i'll be buying a mac mini to use as a pvr amongst other things, but i don't think apple had movies (htpc) in mind. however, the mac mini does have characteristics desireable in a htpc. this is apple's foot in your door. apple wants mindshare before releasing a product for your living room (besides as the maker of ipod). also, i'm sure apple is very interested in how these mac mini's are used. with the right feedback & demand, who knows what this will lead to... apple will be (is?) poised to offer something for the living room, but it's not the current mac mini. in the future there will be a htpc mac (designed with htpc in mind, or specifically for htpc). but, apple movie store?! got bandwidth?
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i'll be buying a mac mini to use as a pvr amongst other things, but i don't think apple had movies (htpc) in mind. however, the mac mini does have characteristics desireable in a htpc. this is apple's foot in your door. apple wants mindshare before releasing a product for your living room (besides as the maker of ipod). also, i'm sure apple is very interested in how these mac mini's are used. with the right feedback & demand, who knows what this will lead to... apple will be (is?) poised to offer something for the living room, but it's not the current mac mini. in the future there will be a htpc mac (designed with htpc in mind, or specifically for htpc). but, apple movie store?! got bandwidth?