So as soon as I read the info and watched the video in my last post I could not help but think how I could get it going myself… well – it took all of 5 minutes to find the link and begin my download adventure.
Front Row kicks ass! Even in the limited hack version that’s out, it is a far superior way to travel through content than in my experience with MCE. Seriously. Things move quickly and it really is quite simple. I know you don’t have TV and quite a few other features, but who cares. I can get where I want without any fuss and it works (or will if we had the release version rather than a hack).
In the few minutes I’ve played with this, I’ve noticed one interesting thing. The iApps need to be running. Mine were not initially and it took a bit for my initial load to happen in iPhoto (5868 photos) and iTunes (21,501 tracks). At first I thought it was a large library issue, but when I dropped back to the desktop I noticed both apps were running when they had not been previously.
I would gladly pay money for this application today. There’s no reason why it can’t be sold as a package with either a USB IR Remote or with a Bluetooth remote for those with capable machines.
What a cool start… this could (and I am sure will) get very interesting in the near future. The mini is a nice platform, but it’s actually quite a bit underpowered compared to what Intel will be able to deliver in a similar form factor for Apple in 2006.
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