2011-12-03, 10:01
I have been testing various OSes and installations of XBMC on various platforms. I put together some stats for those that may be interested in how the Mac Mini G4s stack up to Apple TV (Gen 1) in performance.
How I got this...
I ran Linux Mint (based on Ubuntu 10.10) on the Apple TV and used the system profiler and Benchmark. This was a few weeks ago.
Today I was running (a "Minted" version of, and thus the Green) Ubuntu 10.10 PPC on the Mac Mini 1.25 Ghz and since it is nearly the same OS I took the opportunity to conduct the tests.
I think overall we can see how the 1.25 G4 stacks up to the Celeron in the ATV1 . I estimate you would need a 30% faster CPU to get ATV1 performance , that is assuming all else is equal. More than likely however as the Mac Minis evolved there were performance enhancements in the hardware that could change this 30% speed estimate
I still believe however that after having seen the performance difference of XBMC on linux vs OSX on the ATV1 that the Mac Mini G4 1.25 GHZ is viable for streaming SD content IF it were on Linux!
How I got this...
I ran Linux Mint (based on Ubuntu 10.10) on the Apple TV and used the system profiler and Benchmark. This was a few weeks ago.
Today I was running (a "Minted" version of, and thus the Green) Ubuntu 10.10 PPC on the Mac Mini 1.25 Ghz and since it is nearly the same OS I took the opportunity to conduct the tests.
I think overall we can see how the 1.25 G4 stacks up to the Celeron in the ATV1 . I estimate you would need a 30% faster CPU to get ATV1 performance , that is assuming all else is equal. More than likely however as the Mac Minis evolved there were performance enhancements in the hardware that could change this 30% speed estimate
I still believe however that after having seen the performance difference of XBMC on linux vs OSX on the ATV1 that the Mac Mini G4 1.25 GHZ is viable for streaming SD content IF it were on Linux!