If I were Apple, I'd be releasing an upgraded Apple TV using the tech that went into the iPad. (But trade off a bunch of speed for efficfiency.) Otherwise things like the Acer AspireRevo are going to eat away at sales of the Mac Mini and Apple TV.
Speaking of the Atom I have noticed that just about everyone had put out little mac mini type computers except that they use the Atom. The mac mini on the other hand is pretty much a laptop in a box. It uses a mobile core 2 duo which results in better power usage and way better performance. Why hasn't any manufacture out there created a mac mini clone? I spent last weekend trying to find one to buy, but in the end it looks like I will be buying a mini to put Linux. The closest I came on the PC side was to get a laptop and turn off the screen.... I was honestly expecting it to be easy to find a PC version of the mac mini.
The thing is, a modern laptop in a box is way more power than lots of typical users need. If you're not a gamer, all you really need is something like an Atom and some hardware assisted video decoding.
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You can get this thing for $200. Not quite as small, but it has a 1.6 GHz Atom and it will handle streaming of HD video.
http://amzn.com/B002O3W44Q
If I were Apple, I'd be releasing an upgraded Apple TV using the tech that went into the iPad. (But trade off a bunch of speed for efficfiency.) Otherwise things like the Acer AspireRevo are going to eat away at sales of the Mac Mini and Apple TV.
Speaking of the Atom I have noticed that just about everyone had put out little mac mini type computers except that they use the Atom. The mac mini on the other hand is pretty much a laptop in a box. It uses a mobile core 2 duo which results in better power usage and way better performance. Why hasn't any manufacture out there created a mac mini clone? I spent last weekend trying to find one to buy, but in the end it looks like I will be buying a mini to put Linux. The closest I came on the PC side was to get a laptop and turn off the screen.... I was honestly expecting it to be easy to find a PC version of the mac mini.
The thing is, a modern laptop in a box is way more power than lots of typical users need. If you're not a gamer, all you really need is something like an Atom and some hardware assisted video decoding.