Mac OS X MC270LL/A + NVIDIA GeForce 320M

vskatusa · 2012-04-11 06:18

I am planning to buy the subject mac mini with the express purpose of installing XBMC (and mythbox addons).

My question:

1. Does it matter if came with OSX 10.6.3 or 10.6.4? I see lots of discussions about compatibility issues
2. Can it play OTA HD content from mythtv recordings? Meaning does it have enough juice?
3. The reason I am not going with 2011 model is because I believe GEFORCE 320M is better for video playback - Correct me if I am wrong
4. If have the ORIGINAL installation disk for 10.6.3 is it easy to downgrade from any version to 10.6.3?

Thanks

**Ned Scott** · 2012-04-12 00:27

1. Not that I know of
2. Yes, it should be able to handle it
3. I've heard there are strange issues with some GPU configurations of the 2011 model, but I don't know the full details on it. Your model is more than enough to be a powerful XBMC machine, though.
4. Very easy.

vskatusa · 2012-04-12 04:57

Thank you Ned.

Others please chime in....

vskatusa · 2012-04-12 22:26

I have ordered 2.66 ghz - 8 gb memory MC270LL/A with 320gb HD and GEFORCE 320M from ebay - Hopefully XBMC will install painlessly!

**Ned Scott** · 2012-04-13 04:54

Those are better specs than my 2009 MBP, and it runs XBMC like butter. I think you'll be very happy :)

vskatusa · 2012-04-13 16:18

Comforting to hear Ned - Got it for a good price $440 - Hopefully it is functional and good

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vskatusa Fan Posts: 341 Joined: Dec 2008 Reputation: 2	2012-04-12 22:26 Post: #4 I have ordered 2.66 ghz - 8 gb memory MC270LL/A with 320gb HD and GEFORCE 320M from ebay - Hopefully XBMC will install painlessly!
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Ned Scott Team-XBMC Wiki Guy Posts: 11,928 Joined: Jan 2011 Reputation: 131 Location: Arizona, USA	2012-04-13 04:54 Post: #5 Those are better specs than my 2009 MBP, and it runs XBMC like butter. I think you'll be very happy :) You can make easy links to the XBMC wiki using double brackets around words: [[debug log]] = debug log, [[Add-on:YouTube]] = Add-on:YouTube, [[Adding videos to the library]] = Adding videos to the library, [[userdata]] = userdata, etc
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