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And is logic supply the way to go? They used to do an xbmc discount no? Is that still going? The shipping is a bit rich so if I can get a few % off that would be nice....
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I don't think they have any discount codes anymore. (They were on sale for $30 USD the other week)
However..
http://www.azzx.org/hardware/broadcom-cr...australia/
There's one on that listing that still ships from the US, but only charges $7 for shipping.
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Well spotted and thanks! - I have orderd the 70015. Seems worth another $50 to keep the old mini interesting....
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And just to confirm - the 70015 makes everything very smooth, even with some crazy arse rapid skipping. Much better, worth the difference.
Still not sure if I will use the machine myself, but nice to know it works properly now!
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Has anyone tried to use 700015 crystalHD with OSX Lion? If so, any things to keep in mind?
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I believe davilla, main dev on this side of things, has firmly stated that's a bad idea...
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Lion wont run with a coreduo, it needs core2duo. If you´re on a coreduo mac mini, you´d need to upgrade your CPU. You also need to install it from another mac via Target mode disk (or take out the HDD and put it into a newer Mac), then delete the platformsupport.plist file. Somebody on the Plex forums did compile the Crystal HD drivers for Lion and it seems to work properly. A 2006 Mac mini upgraded with 2GB ram will run Lion just fine. Espescially with a SSD. You can also update the firmware (not official, you would need to google it) to support 2x2GB RAM sticks, but you will get 3.3GB because of hardware limitations.
A 2006 Mac mini fully upgraded would consist of a Core2Duo T7600 at 2.33GHz, 2x2GB RAM and an SSD. Lion does fly with this configuration.
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My Mini is not the bottle-neck and already runs OSX Lion: 3GB of Ram, SSD drive and a core2duo 1.83ghz. Runs really nice: snappy interface, basically all videos running even with 1080p.
Still have issues running some files, which I believe are mostly 1080i music videos. Am hoping that they will run properly once I add a crystalHD card. But don't want to give up OSX Lion. Dillemma?
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