i think everyone is looking at this the wrong way. instead of trying to get the apple TV OS running on a mac, why not try to get OS X (the full version, that is) running on an apple TV? it makes a lot more sense- it would be the first truly cheap apple computer. it already has most of the essentials: harddrive, intel processor, etc. since it already runs a stripped down version of OS X (with the same frameworks, etc.), why not try the full version? it even has a USB port that apple says is (allegedly) only for diagnostics use, but seriously, how hard could it be to hook up a keyboard and mouse?

i dont have one to try with, but id be willing to bet someone out there can figure it out.

EDIT: actually, i just saw the other topic about this. my bad.

wouldn't work since finder only works on sse3

Er....I run OSx86 on my sse2 only Celeron 2ghz. It seems we have the knowledge here at insanely mac to make this happen.

256MB RAM? you are kidding?

i think it could definitely work. it could be like the competition to get xp runnning on an intel mac. if theres enough interest, ill start a website to accept donations for a cash prize for the winner

My Hackintosh runs fine on 256mb of PC2100...
But the aTV doesn't have a nippy hard drive for swapping...

It would still be cool to have a cheap mac in the tv room to surf the net... I'd really be interested. We could probably learn a lot more about it that way too right?

Yes!Agree 100%!
Change the ways here goes:now we use hardware not supported from Apple with apps made in cuppertino; after we try to use hardware made by cuppertino with soft not supported from cuppertino...
Yes it sound good!!

mission accomplished: check out www.engadget.com someone installed OS X on an apple tv, working with usb keyboard and mouse. even published a tutorial, and it doesnt look hard at all.

the apple tv is now effectively the cheapest mac ever

here's the video.. mac os 10.4.8 in appletv

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1840427990015549546

I bought an AppleTV that I wasnt sure if i wanted or not. Its been sitting in the box it shipped in for over a week. I might take it out of the box tomorrow as this is the mod I've been most interested in.