XBMC (formerly Xbox Media Center) has always been a popular choice for retiring an original Xbox. Maybe people install it for lack of something better to do or maybe it’s the pride in having better media support than the 360. The XBMC team has found another device that has a pretty weak television experience, the Mac. Lifehacker took the latest XBMC for OSX beta build for a run now that it supports remote controls. It seems like a much more functional than Apple’s built in Front Row. There are a few things that don’t quite work yet, which you can find in the FAQ. We’re definitely going to try this on our old Mac mini… once we upgrade it to Leopard, which is an unfortunate caveat that might prevent people from running XBMC on legacy hardware. There is no Apple TV support planned because of limited horsepower and the hacking hurdles that might be required. If you’re interested in repurposing your old Xbox with XBMC, check out Lifehacker’s install guide.
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Actually putting this on an AppleTV would make it even more awesome.
This is based on the Linux port work. I was gifted and AppleTV by a friend and run XBMC on a minimal Ubuntu install. Requires a little kernel hacking but its nice to have a machine thats not as loud as my Xbox next to the TV.
The Linux port came first, this is a port of that one. Runs quite well on Ubuntu. http://xbmc.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=52
You can follow the progress of the Mac port on my blog: http://www.osxbmc.com
For people with older hardware this will only work on Intel hardware. no PPC
Gutted that it only runs on INTEL, thought my powerbook 1Ghz was gunna have a new lease of life for a second :-(
this it so stupid and i dislike it is relay stupid not to be mean but still