@EyeZer0 yeah...totally expecting the chumby to be at the top of this list. i bought it for myself 3 weeks ago and told my wife she was pretty much done with my christmas shopping (hopefully i dropped enough hints about that motherboard i want).

@Thiran you mean 'funnest' right?

i like the idea of storing dvd/blu-ray rips...but 3 questions:
1) how do you split the .iso into multiple files
2) is the switch between .iso files seamless?
3) what handles the switch between .iso files, the host or the drive?

or...if you wanna keep it mac, and want a simple home server of sorts (something to store media and perform backups, which is all john q. public wants/needs), just do the following:

- get a 1tb time capsule for $300
- buy a 2tb green hdd $200
- create two partitions on the drive: one called 'nas', one called 'time machine backups'
- replace the hdd in the time capsule (and maybe do a fan mod while youre in there)
- sit back and enjoy twice the storage of this dumb 'server mac mini', the sweet router capabilities, and the fact that you can share files in a mixed computing environment (win7 htpc and macs/hackintoshes) just like the big boys

ps: before any of you mathemagicians try to point out that you could just buy the 2tb time capsule for $500, i would like to remind you that you end up with a 1tb 'server grade' (haha...i kid, i kid) hdd to put in your rig.

just fix the world please and give me that keyboard and mouse

please let me win this one.

now THIS i could use...

save the world by giving this to me

im sick of my passive sub.

if you gave me this, id end the recession for you.

youd fix the recession by giving me that hdd