Apple's Front Row

Very nice. I never even thought about Apple making a MCE killer. IMO they should attack this market with all guns blazing, since MS doesn't really seem to be penetrating the HTPC market all that terribly well.

The fact that this is a stand-alone app makes so much sense it's rediculous.
 
I agree that this looks like a nice app. Also, it seems like a good idea that it is a stand alone app. I'm just not sure that the mini has enough horsepower to make this thing run at full capacity.
 
jebo_4jc said:
Very nice. I never even thought about Apple making a MCE killer. IMO they should attack this market with all guns blazing, since MS doesn't really seem to be penetrating the HTPC market all that terribly well.

The fact that this is a stand-alone app makes so much sense it's rediculous.
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I'd hardly call 43% 'not penetrating'

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imo MCE is going to replace XP home for most OEMs... it's only a little bit more expensive, but it's all added-value to the consumer.
 
IanG said:
I'd hardly call 43% 'not penetrating'

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imo MCE is going to replace XP home for most OEMs... it's only a little bit more expensive, but it's all added-value to the consumer.
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43% shocks me. I agree that MCE is replacing Home edition---a few of the Dell's that I configured recently offered MCE as a free upgrade over home

I was actually referring to the number of people who (in my highly unscientific survey) actually use a MCE pc as a HTPC. Besides me, and my in-laws (whom I'm building a MCE PC for), I know of nobody that has an HTPC (except for you guys, of course!)
 
just becuase a PC ahs MCE on it doesn't mean its an HTPC. most OEMs have MCE on them these days if you look at the median and above level. if you do a survery right now ont he major boards to see if people are using MCE or not, I would be thtat most aren't.
 
Note that the 43% is retail sales (more likely home use, not corporate) and excludes Dell. I think that MCE for most people is a fancy theme and slideshow/jukebox software and they have no idea that they could have a tv tuner.

Also, it's 43% of new sales. August is a pretty big back-to-school period, how it does in Nov/Dec will be interesting.
 
Doc Holiday said:
http://www.apple.com/imac/frontrow.html

How long do you think before you can run this on a Mac Mini? That would be a great HT solution. The interface looks classic Apple very simple and easy to use.

I sure hope Apple does this right.
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Without PVR features all it is is a glorified shell over many applications that exist on the iMac. Your not going to do PVR with either the iMac or Mac Mini unless Apple decides to go that route and put the hardware in there.

Like what I always wanted was a $1300+ DVD player or $1300 iPod Video
 
I was reading a news article that talked about Creative rushing portable video players to market so as to compete with the video iPod.

So I can't wait to find out Microsoft rushed MCE to market to compete with Apple Frontrow. Or Vista. I think Vista is supposed to come with MCE parts.
 
Shivetya said:
Without PVR features all it is is a glorified shell over many applications that exist on the iMac. Your not going to do PVR with either the iMac or Mac Mini unless Apple decides to go that route and put the hardware in there.
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It's a frontend, a simple frontend. It would be like using Meedio or Xlobby and setting up a machine purely for music, DVDs, etc but no PVR, would that make it any less of an HTPC if it doesn't have PVR functions? No not really, atleast IMO.

Anyways there was a survey done not to long ago that said that most of the MCE boxes sold so far have been ones without tuners so it does look like MCE is replacing Home for many PCs.
 
my HTPC in my theater room is front end only, no PVR and I very much consider it an HTPC.
 
Frontend looks excellent. I was wondering if Apple was going to let Mac users control their computer with that remote but you can't only people that can are new iMac buyers. I was going to use it to control my music on my iBook.

I hope they add some sort of TV tuner to it, b/c I thought about buying a 20in to have as a TV in my future apartment.
 
Put me down for "HTPC without a tuner" also. I have HD sat, so running tv through the htpc would actually hurt me instead of help.
 
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