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So my old school (Dual core mac mini) + Crystal HD seems to be in need of some repairs. However I'm debating if i should just spring and buy the new mac mini. My question is, with the new Mac mini, does XBMC (and i suppose other children of XBMC like plex, boxee etc) support hardware decoding and as such I'll have an overall better experience than with the old Mac Mini?
What do you guys think? If there enough of a performance improvement in the new to justify buying it? or just stick with the old?
(for the record, the old mac mini 95% of the time worked perfeclty, but you know its always about that extra 5%)
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ix400
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... is it also possible to use the crystall hd card in a new mini 2010?
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I've just setup my new 2010 mac mini with xbmc and file sharing. I have to say the video runs 100x smoother on the mini than it did on the Ubunutu ATV. Although it is quite a bit more expensive if you want something that is worth the money and effort of setting up a HTPC, then the mini is definitely the way to go. I love it!
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reaven
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so am in the same boat as you, i was thinking about buying the new mini looks nice as hell !!
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it works well too! install bootcamp, hookup a bluray drive and you can watch bluray movies too
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well it appears the old Mac mini can't be repaired. So, i figure might as well try and get a and old core solo mac mini and transfer the Cpu, Ram and crystalHD over to the 'new' used mac mini.