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I myself have just got an iMac however I have a mates father who is looking for a multimedia system originaly a few weeks ago I was going to build a Small form factor PC and load XP Media Center on it so it can be connected to his new 48" wide screen TFT TV.
He has a PC upstairs running XP Home and the idea was originally was to have the standard PC upstairs then when he has pictures, movies etc. on the pc upstairs then map a network drive to the External HDD downstairs connected through Wi-Fi to the SFF PC.
Then from downstairs he can see the movies, Pictures and MP3's however he does nto want any access to the compouter as a computer just an interface like XP Media edition.
However the question is if I go a iMac Mini dowstairs would this do the job, or would I be better going for a PC instead with XP Media Edition on it instead?
Also for the min i have seen the TVMax box from www.miglia.com would I need this also or is there no need for this.
What connections does the mac mini take?
Any suggestions would be greatly rec.
He has a PC upstairs running XP Home and the idea was originally was to have the standard PC upstairs then when he has pictures, movies etc. on the pc upstairs then map a network drive to the External HDD downstairs connected through Wi-Fi to the SFF PC.
Then from downstairs he can see the movies, Pictures and MP3's however he does nto want any access to the compouter as a computer just an interface like XP Media edition.
However the question is if I go a iMac Mini dowstairs would this do the job, or would I be better going for a PC instead with XP Media Edition on it instead?
Also for the min i have seen the TVMax box from www.miglia.com would I need this also or is there no need for this.
What connections does the mac mini take?
Any suggestions would be greatly rec.