2013-10-01, 17:02
HI Guys
New to this and hopefully find the advice I need here.
I have a new N36L which is lying in the box gathering dust, so decided to make it into a xbmc centre.
It has the original 1GB mem and 250GB HDD.
So question is -
1. Do I need more mem and how much?
2. Do I need a graphics card and if so - £25-40 budget
3. OP - do I need to get WHS or WS 08 onwards etc?
4. (as above) will it be easier to use linux like mint?
Basically would like to set it up on the cheap.
It will be hooked up to a 50" plasma and Pioneer AV
I have xbmc on my laptop and was going to by a xbmc box to stick next to the TV, but found out that the HP microserver can be used as a xbmc center
Many thanks
Cheers
New to this and hopefully find the advice I need here.
I have a new N36L which is lying in the box gathering dust, so decided to make it into a xbmc centre.
It has the original 1GB mem and 250GB HDD.
So question is -
1. Do I need more mem and how much?
2. Do I need a graphics card and if so - £25-40 budget
3. OP - do I need to get WHS or WS 08 onwards etc?
4. (as above) will it be easier to use linux like mint?
Basically would like to set it up on the cheap.
It will be hooked up to a 50" plasma and Pioneer AV
I have xbmc on my laptop and was going to by a xbmc box to stick next to the TV, but found out that the HP microserver can be used as a xbmc center
Many thanks
Cheers