“There has been a bit of talk on potential new Apple ‘Brick.’ More than one blogger suggesting that Apple might be planning a new low-cost desktop; something that would knock some of the stuffing out of the low-cost Hackintosh products that have been hitting the market. I disagree with this theory, and am thinking more along the lines of the Gigaom projection, for the simple reason that there is already a Mac Mini – there is no place for a lighter Mac desktop; and any performance boost that they could give the Mac Mini wouldn’t really constitute a new product. I think Apple’s new product will be an affordable, mid-spec home theater PC (HTPC) for masses, that will replace the lackluster Apple TV,” C. S. Magor writes for The UberReview.
“What I am expecting is something a little different, something that brings Apple to the TV in the way that Apple TV just could not manage – a fully blown HTPC (running OS/X [sic] of course),” Magor writes.
“If the Apple HTPC is to take off, it is going to have to be able to hold its ground both as a PC and an audio-visual device. Make no mistake; the balance would be heavily in favor of pushing audio-visual performance rather than floating point calculations. Still, expect a standalone device that can handle CPU-intensive tasks at moderate speeds. It has to be something that people can use for editing a home movie just as easily as they can play a downloaded movie or Blu-ray disc. It will also have to integrate painlessly with the home network and flawlessly with stalwart products like the iPod and iPhone,” Magor writes.
“Apple’s iPhone and iPod have made massive inroads for the brand, placing Apple products in the hands of people that might not otherwise have bought them. A reasonably-priced HTPC could take them one step further and put an Apple computer… into a great many homes,” Magor writes.
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