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Core Duo Mini viable running Vista MCE?
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mhuie
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Nov 17, 2006, 04:52 PM
 
I've just upgraded my MCE2005 box from dual tuner SDTV to a Vista RTM MCE with a single USB OTA HDTV tuner. I'd like to build something with a smaller form factor, and the mini sounds like a good platform. However, the only things I'm worried about are Vista compatibility with boot camp, the onboard video running the Media Center app (either Vista or XP MCE), and the speed of the hard drive (can it record/playback HDTV streams at the same time?)

Anyone tried this setup?
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Nov 19, 2006, 01:58 PM
 
The CPU/GPU are fine for Vista MCE... the internal can do 2 1080 HD streams at the same time if it's not too full, but given the low capacity of 2.5" drives you'll probably want an external FW disk anyway.
     
   
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