Comments on: Would Apple’s Remote Deny Proper Gaming?

By: Will

Will — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:55:23 +0000

Mac mini? Decent graphics chip……ok. I would love that, games on a mac mini. But, a mini take about 30-40watts from the wall max. A graphics chip that could compete with a 360 or PS3 is gonna consume at least 100watts…That ALOT of heat. Besides, a graphics card that powerful is big, it wouldn’t fit inside the mini, even if you gave it the whole case to itself you’d still struggle.

I can dream though…

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:04:33 +0000

Apple needed to do something about the lack of games for the OSX platform. It does appear that they’re doing something. EA released their first Mac games ever and hopefully there will be many more to come. But a Mac Mini with any decent graphics chip in it could easily become competition for any console out there at the moment. Play games and have OSX and iLife. PS3 and Xbox killer right there.

By: Amber Yount

Amber Yount — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:36:13 +0000

Honestly, I’ve considered selling my Apple TV…I just don’t use it all that much, it just sits there. I use it to play music when I clean the house once a week……and every once in awhile when I’m completely bored I watch a few youtube movies…and if for some odd reason I miss a show, I’ll dled it…..but I really don’t use it but a few times a month…shoulda saved me monies for that iphone

By: Matt Radel

Matt Radel — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:07:24 +0000

That’s an interesting thought. I didn’t consider games for the Apple TV - it would be a nice addition for a device that, IMHO, still needs some identity. It’s a little clumsy at this point - I’d like to see it do more.

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By: Eric Crist

Eric Crist — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:04:49 +0000

What’s really stopping anyone from using a different remote than what ships with the unit? From what I understand, it’s just a standard infrared port, which, theoretically, can accept an IR blasts at the right frequency.

Really, it wouldn’t be any different from using that Universal Remote you picked up at RaidoShack. You’d just have to get the software on the unit to accept and handle the additional codes.