Well, one advantage is that if it can be made accessible, it can work as an enhanced apple-TV, enabling vi users to watch videos and listen to itunes, maybe even handle flash content from the web. This makes it better than apple TV's original OS, just in these features alone. Add VO, and wow! Probably not to useful as a mac considering its limited processor power and memory, but for it's intended purpose, it could work well.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rachael Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 1:36 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind Subject: Re: coutch potatoes, revolt Hi guys. The apple tv can and will run a full version of osx, and thus voiceover, but it has to be hacked first. It doesn't run the full version out of the box, it has it's own os as Shaun says, but it can be done. See http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/04/01/mac-os-x-running-on-apple-tv/ This makes the apple tv a pretty cheap mac for basic stuff if one is happy to go poking around inside. Not sure I'm up for that myself and I can't see the point to be honest. But then I already have a full blown mac. smile. So far Apple don't seem to be interested in making the apple tv os as it is out of the box accessible though as far as I know, which is a bummer as I'd be all over one if they did. If it worked with VO like Front Row it would be great, as there are other hacks around to do all sorts of other media centre like things with the apple tv. Rachael On 7 May 2008, at 19:07, vashaun jones wrote: > Naw, there isn't a operating system like the one on the Mac so that > will not work. The Apple TV has its own software and maybe just > maybe it's accessible through the Mac interface if one is connected > and I tunes is running. > On May 7, 2008, at 3:46 PM, Jason Custer wrote: > >> Hello all, >> As there is practicly no traffic on the list today, I thought I >> would start >> some with a question. >> I've been looking at some information about apple tv. >> http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/E1D8A057-6FBB-4269-A348-27AF >> 9010FB19.html >> That link is to an article describing the guts of the "white box." >> It shows that it runs on a 1.0 GHz. intel processor with 256 GB ram >> and OSX >> 10.4.7. >> http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/index.php?title=USB >> >> http://0xfeedbeef.com/appletv/ >> The above two articles show how you can boot an apple tv from usb >> devices. >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTgC_dmp8vE >> This is a video showing it done. >> >> I have nothing to do with these links, I just found them with google. >> Here's the question. Has anybody got one of these crazy things? if >> so, can >> you enable the usb ports , hook up a keyboard, and try to launch >> voiceover >> to see what happens? >> >> This aut to get things going around here! >> >> Jason > >
