Originally Posted by swise
ok, ok, so I accidentally include 2 out of around 15 apps that you don't get out of the box, but that doesn't null out the value.
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People do it, and there are 3rd party apps out that'll make it work just fine. I think I read a post in the thread on Slashdot that mentioned how someone had an old G4 set up for this purpose. ..... .....
Found it.
For a PVR solution, I kinda like
this one.
I'm planning on holding out, as there will surely be more elegant, integrated options available at some point.
So to answer your question, Apple doesn't have an integrated package like that yet, but there are third party options available.
Puh-leese.
My PC came with over 150 apps! Wordpad, Messenger (which actually has other people on it), Movie Maker, even Control Panel!
Let's not be disengenuous here...this Mac thing is a cheap computer that comes bundled with the same bog-standard crap Windows and Linux machines come bundled with in the OS. Do you get paid to write ad copy for Apple, by any chance?
BTW, recording a TV show != media center. See Meedio, XP Media Center Edition, MyHTPC, Freevo, MythTV, etc. PC-based, 10-foot interface, integrated remote control, no need for mouse, keyboard, or a half-dozen contraptions hanging out of every USB port. This new Apple box might make a good platform for such a thing, but there is no software even close to doing it (and a Google search turns up absolutely nothing likely in development).