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Plex, which is alot more similar to xbmc than vlc, is allready availiable for osx aswell as ios devices, allowing all your osx and ios devices to connect to one, unified library. Im hoping eventually xbmc takes the same aproach. If the atv gets an appstore, its certainly possible.
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i know the basics on how it works, i just want it in xbmc wrapping. i can hope, cant i? :-)
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No, it's the same everything as the iPad minus the dock connector, accelerometer and screen. iTunes/Netflix/YouTube 720p is as close as you're gonna get... basically it's as powerful as the first-gen AppleTV. Except there's no Mini-PCIe slot for some crystal lovin'.
Also, since this is an ARM chip that runs iOS, you'll more than likely never see XBMC running on this. It's currently not possible and would require a full porting to the ARM architecture. Maybe this is the catalyst needed to get new developers to focus on porting XBMC to ARM, maybe not. But think about it this way, the second you see XBMC/Boxee/Plex running on a iPod Touch, iPad or iPhone, it'll work on the new ATV.
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just got the new AppleTV. I was surprised to see how tiny the thing is and works well with Netflix. Although without the power of XBMC it is severely lacking. Has anyone got XBMC to run on the new ATV?