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#325621 - 31/08/2009 06:40 Ideas for what to use an old Mac Mini G4 for?
Cris
pooh-bah

Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
My Mum bought herself a MacBook recently, and has given my old Mac Mini G4 back to me. I don't think it is worth putting on eBay, and it is too good not to use, so has anyone got any cool uses or seen any projects I could make use of this in?

It's not the version with built in IR (think first ever Mac Mini) and I have an AppleTV anyway. At the moment it's just sitting there, which seems a shame really.

Cheers

Cris.

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#325625 - 31/08/2009 11:26 Re: Ideas for what to use an old Mac Mini G4 for? [Re: Cris]
mlord
carpal tunnel

Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14491
Loc: Canada
Well, with a USB tuner stick, it could make a decent tiny PVR running MythTV.

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#325627 - 31/08/2009 12:19 Re: Ideas for what to use an old Mac Mini G4 for? [Re: mlord]
hybrid8
carpal tunnel

Registered: 12/11/2001
Posts: 7738
Loc: Toronto, CANADA
As Mark said, PVR - but make it headless so it can serve content to your AppleTV. You can also run SlimCenter or other music server on it for music streaming. And then you can also use it as your always-on download machine.
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#325629 - 31/08/2009 13:02 Re: Ideas for what to use an old Mac Mini G4 for? [Re: hybrid8]
andym
carpal tunnel

Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
I know you already have a NAS and Squeeze Centre. So why not run Softsqueeze on it and use it as a free Squeezebox Receiver with a pair of amplified speakers?
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Andy M

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