2011-07-26, 04:39
lcrooks Wrote:I was hoping to use the new mini as an HTPC.
I've had issues playing back mkv rips with my macbook pro - but everyone says even the base mini should playback mkv rips with no issue.
I was debating between:
i7 Core Duo
AMD - dedicated GPU
or
Server version
i7 Quad Core
Integrated Graphics
Which do you think is better?
Thanks
For the time being it sounds like the one with the AMD GPU is a better deal. Both those have processors that are way more than enough, so at that point having a good GPU for hardware video decoding becomes the more important issue. Plus there will likely be after market kits for installing a second hard drive on the minis that only come with one hard drive.