I was looking forward to the release of the Boxee Box for quite a while. But now that it is finally here I am wondering if this is the best way to get XBMC running.
I know that atm you are not able to run XBMC on it. But I expect that this will be able within the next days/ few weeks.
The problem is that I dont know what to expect from the performance of the system. I was quite surprised (or disappointed) that it only has 1GB of RAM.
An alternative would be e.g. a Shuttle XS35 with an SSD. Which would cost me probably around 300 bucks.
So here are my thoughts:
Pro Boxee:
- Love the design
- Quite small
- Silent
- Nice remote
- a quite cool and busy company behind it
- 200 bucks
- could become a standard like the good ol' Xbox was
Cons Boxee (pro HTPC):
- limited extension possibility
- performance (1GB RAM, 1GB flash)
- No possibility to run Windows 7 on it
- Cannot use my Harmony
Perhaps you can help with my decision