Besides, Front Row's entire raison d'être is to be a simple UI for controlling with a small remote control from a large distance. When you're sitting at the computer, you have the …

"i've got it running on my mini right now. works brilliantly." Right, but with out the DVD playback working. No one to the best of my knowledge has that working outside of the Im…

i've got it running on my mini right now. works brilliantly.

Quote: Originally Posted by moonmonkey Are you sure they are coreimage effets? it just looks like 4 objects rotaing/scaling with reflections. Coverflow does much more than that …

moonmonkey, I see that you live in Shanghai. You an expat? Do you live in Pudong or Puxi? Also, you know where's a good place in Shanghai to get Mac service? (Just in case)

Quote: Originally Posted by tooki h.264 really does tax a single G4. Try scaling it up to fill the screen -- it gets choppy. But FrontRow also uses other effects, some of which…

Quote: Originally Posted by sonicularulus well, they dont do it, but hackers find a way and i think they are trying to prevent the hacking with the rumored new versioni of tiger…

What's the big deal with a Frontrow Mini? You have it sitting next to/on top of your tv and hooked via s-video, you use yor FrontRow remote with a broadband hookup, you log into th…

well, they dont do it, but hackers find a way and i think they are trying to prevent the hacking with the rumored new versioni of tiger...which i think is already included in the n…

Nah, I seriously doubt Apple would distribute an x86-compatible version with a PowerPC Mac. tooki

Quote: Originally Posted by goMac Uhh... the new iMac isn't x86. I know that. what i meant was that because the current tiger os has got a bug where it can be installed in…

h.264 really does tax a single G4. Try scaling it up to fill the screen -- it gets choppy. But FrontRow also uses other effects, some of which clearly rely on CoreVideo/CoreImage.…

Quote: Originally Posted by inkhead yeah this would be nice, but your forgetting one thing. The mac mini performance sucks, the effects of front row alone would make the mac min…

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon Last question: Why in God's name did Apple's engineers chose the old and ugly IR instead of the nice and already included Bluetooth? You…

Quote: Originally Posted by sonicularulus i think the reason why frontrow is for imac only is because i think there is a new operating system within the new imac...the new one …

Quote: Originally Posted by inkhead yeah this would be nice, but your forgetting one thing. The mac mini performance sucks, the effects of front row alone would make the mac min…

Quote: Originally Posted by inkhead yeah this would be nice, but your forgetting one thing. The mac mini performance sucks, the effects of front row alone would make the mac min…

i think the reason why frontrow is for imac only is because i think there is a new operating system within the new imac...the new one with the x86 protection once they make 100% s…

yeah this would be nice, but your forgetting one thing. The mac mini performance sucks, the effects of front row alone would make the mac mini choke. LOL and trying to get h.264, a…

Quote: Originally Posted by pliny the mini is a very logical place to have frontrow added, you'd think it would be in the mini before any other Mac. Only reason that it's not se…

the mini is a very logical place to have frontrow added, you'd think it would be in the mini before any other Mac. Only reason that it's not seems to be to not cut into Apple profi…

Bluetooth is costlier, uses more battery, requires setup (BT devices need to be "paired"), and does involve some security risk (admittedly low). IR is dirt cheap and reliable, and …

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon Front Row could certainly run on any Mac. I'm wondering about the remote. Interestingly enough on the AppleStore website it says it will run w…

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon If you go to http://www.apple.com/imac/frontrow.html it has the iMac and the mini on the top menu. I'm wondering if pretty soon there will be a…

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon Last question: Why in God's name did Apple's engineers chose the old and ugly IR instead of the nice and already included Bluetooth? to…