A few weeks ago, my wife and I started looking for a small TV and DVD player for the bedroom, and we found a few setups that were decent but that were severely compromised in terms of either space or price, so say nothing about quality. Then last week, when we got the MacBook, I suggested that we use that (with a little stand to make it easier to see when on the bed) to watch DVDs. I had shown Front Row off to my brother when he got his laptop a few months ago, and he was reasonably impressed, but now after having used it on my own, I’m just blown away by what a great thought Apple had when they came up with this application.
Media Center and it’s ilk are trying to do everything and be everything for the Windows world, but this does only four things and does them very well. Music, video, movies and photos are all handled through a very simple interface. And therein lies the beauty of the system. The core, non computing functions of this multimedia device are all accessed through six buttons, simple enough for anyone to use. I can certainly see how in short order, you’ll start seeing Macs as “all in ones” for an increasing number of space crunched people looking for a simple, elegant solution.
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