Just to combine a few answers,... Peter - Yes, as others have mentioned and you saw on the site, it does have the burner installed. The Toast software is additional that you have to buy, but some versions of the Elgato untis come with a "lite" version of Toast. Makes burning content a lot easier. And generally Toast is a great piece of software. Ports - plenty of usb and Firewire ports, And all the others. You generally want a wireless keyboard and mouse to access it, rather then having to access it from sitting right in front of it with a wired keyboard and mouse. Or if you don't want to do it that way, you can use the "Screen Sharing" feature that the Mac has, so you can access it from another computer. Good and bad points to both. Cost - Obviously is a bit more expensive then an AppleTV, but as others have mentioned you can do a whole lot more. And it double as a whole other computer if you need another one.
It's sort of one of those things, that once it's there you can see (and appreciate) how much more you can do with it. Sure, it's a bit of a learning curve, and it may not do "everything" but what it does do, it does well. (And add in an Apple remote and some of the features you can control from the little piece of technology.). David - As Neil mentioned you'd set the Macmini into the Amp and use it as another device there - eg CD, Radio, Turntable, AUX (MacMini) or something similar. So the amp would handle the content on the Macmini, but others would be the same as before. IF you wanted the Macmini to control all your content (music, tv shows, watch DVD's etc) then yes it may be an option. But if it was mostly just to control music, then it may not be the best method. I'm sure others more in an audio field may have ideas also. (Plus brain has decided to slow down again,..lol). Hope that all helps. Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
