Apple TV (2012) gets torn down, confirmed to have 512MB of RAM, 8GB of storage

Post by pieter » Sun, Mar 18, 2012, 8:46 PM UTC

Post by acqq » Sun, Mar 18, 2012, 8:53 PM UTC

Post by dangrossman » Sun, Mar 18, 2012, 9:04 PM UTC

maratd wrote: post #5

traxtech wrote: post #3

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Kind of like, but at an almost 3x the price tag. Better but higher priced.

If you factor in the case + better specs, you'll find that it's a good value. I played with this idea a bit. I disabled unnecessary services, etc. Got it pretty bare ... but it's very hard to get a proper toolchain going. In the end, you'll need to cross-compile everything and doing everything right can be a real grief. It's really not worth it unless you can shoehorn Linux in there ...

Post by bane » Sun, Mar 18, 2012, 9:51 PM UTC

acqq wrote: post #4

512 MB and USB port makes it a fantastic target for a low power server -- it'd really like to run a Linux on this. Compare it to Raspberry Pi, the first neither has a box and WiFi nor a power supply and remote control and most important, it has twice as less memory... It seems a very good hardware for 100 USD -- the major problem is probably the need to jailbreak it.

Post by illumin8 » Sun, Mar 18, 2012, 10:05 PM UTC

dangrossman wrote: post #6

maratd wrote: post #5

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If you factor in the case + better specs, you'll find that it's a good value. I played with this idea a bit. I disabled unnecessary services, etc. Got it pretty bare ... but it's very hard to get a proper toolchain going. In the end, you'll need to cross-compile everything and doing everything right can be a real grief. It's really not worth it unless you can shoehorn Linux in there ...

This is not new. SheevaPlug, TonidoPlug and all the other variants... an ARM ~GHz CPU, 512MB of RAM, USB and ethernet in a 4" case. It runs Ubuntu and only draws 3 watts of power. I've had one running my nightly server backups for years. Cost less than $100.