The Perfect Storm

Seems like everything has been set in motion for the perfect storm leading up to this weeks availability of the Apple TV. The blogosphere is going crazy over it. We have already seen the traditional unboxing photos, the internal shots, and now the modding has seriously started.

The Apple TV is impressive by itself, even without any modification. However, 40GB storage is a little short for some, so someone already upgraded it with a 120GB drive, simply by using Carbon Copy Cloner like you would do in Mac OS X. Even more interestingly, some have already installed Quicktime codecs such as Perian to be fully compatible with xvid.



What makes this device really exciting is that it runs a modified and somewhat simplified version of Mac OS X, so in theory it should be able to run almost any Mac OS X application out there. I am sure we will see the USB port soon support things like keyboards, external harddrives and photo printers. Later we might even be able to see support for more advanced devices such as EyeTV. It's also just a matter of time before someone makes the Joost Mac client run on this thing.