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#325621 - 31/08/2009 06:40 Ideas for what to use an old Mac Mini G4 for?
Cris pooh-bah Registered: 06/02/2002 Posts: 1904 Loc: Leeds, UK	My Mum bought herself a MacBook recently, and has given my old Mac Mini G4 back to me. I don't think it is worth putting on eBay, and it is too good not to use, so has anyone got any cool uses or seen any projects I could make use of this in? It's not the version with built in IR (think first ever Mac Mini) and I have an AppleTV anyway. At the moment it's just sitting there, which seems a shame really. Cheers Cris.
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#325625 - 31/08/2009 11:26 Re: Ideas for what to use an old Mac Mini G4 for? [Re: Cris]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14496 Loc: Canada	Well, with a USB tuner stick, it could make a decent tiny PVR running MythTV.
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#325627 - 31/08/2009 12:19 Re: Ideas for what to use an old Mac Mini G4 for? [Re: mlord]
hybrid8 carpal tunnel Registered: 12/11/2001 Posts: 7738 Loc: Toronto, CANADA	As Mark said, PVR - but make it headless so it can serve content to your AppleTV. You can also run SlimCenter or other music server on it for music streaming. And then you can also use it as your always-on download machine. _________________________ Bruno Twisted Melon : Fine Mac OS Software
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#325629 - 31/08/2009 13:02 Re: Ideas for what to use an old Mac Mini G4 for? [Re: hybrid8]
andym carpal tunnel Registered: 17/01/2002 Posts: 3996 Loc: Manchester UK	I know you already have a NAS and Squeeze Centre. So why not run Softsqueeze on it and use it as a free Squeezebox Receiver with a pair of amplified speakers? _________________________ Cheers, Andy M
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