Some rumors just never die, especially when it comes to Apple. But then again the

While reading a bit of tech news, I ran across a few stories H.264 being the primary digital video codec in QuickTime 7 used for MPEG-4 playback. Given the Mac mini’s shortcomings with full screen 1080i frame rendering, and 720p with some hardware, I wonder if Apple’s relationship with ATI could be used to produce [...]

The guys over at CenterStage have

It’s kind of funny actually, mock-up’s more or less like

The Apple ADC has a great overview on the Mac mini for developers (and enthusiasts!)… This developer note gives a technical description of the Mac mini. The note provides information about the computer’s internal design, input-output features, and expansion capabilities. This developer note is intended to help hardware and software developers design products that are [...]

It seems the mini’s reach as a home entertainment appliance has spread to all corners of the world, doing a little surfing this morning SlimDevices, an external 160GB hard drive and a 42” Plasma. “When I started out I was looking for high-quality output rather than for economy,” he says. The Mac-based home-theatre system he [...]

Long before the iMac was standard 512MB memory on board. And since I’m aiming high here, I saved the best two for last, while this next upgrade would likely push a revision up to almost 2006 or later, it would be well worth it. I’d like to see a Blu-ray drive in the next mini; [...]

system architecture and feature set its easy to see these guys aren’t playing around, and intend on delivering a slick, fully functional media center platform to the Mac. CS recently unveiled their final graphics sets, and I have to say they look very polished. At this point in the game (short of a front end [...]

If you had to point to one specific weakness of the Mac mini as a media center, surely the lack of a digital out would be toward the top of the list. As many of you know I’ve had more than my share of frustration with the M-Audio Sonica Theater, and while I’ve smoothed it [...]

I’m happy to report Matinee 2.0 has been released, and I was able try out a copy this afternoon. The biggest changes since 1.4 are the addition of up to 5 drives (networked/local or a combination there of) to serve DVD’s from and a smoother next/previous interface (no more backtracking to the start when you [...]