ppl tried to install OSX on the thingy , but what if it were possible to install XP mediacenter edition on it ?

We could play divx , avi , mpg , and so on , and it will connect to your favoutite upnp NAS

Can winblows MCE even boot up with only 256mb ram?

My old P3 700MHz laptop with 128MB of RAM could run Windows XP.

AppleTV has no bios, only EFI

Windows (XP, Vista) need bios, can't boot using EFI only

Therefore, until this condition changes, the AppleTV will never run Windows.

macbook pros, macbooks, imacs, mac minis, and mac pros have efi and they can run windows... they system emulates bios i think

macbook pros, macbooks, imacs, mac minis, and mac pros also have an EFI which provides a bios compatibility layer which makes the whole bootcamp deal possible. The AppleTV is pure EFI with no bios compatibility layer. No bios compatibility layer = no windows.

This topic was already, in a way, started here.

Yeah, anyway it could be good also the XP release for Embedded devices.

anyone who wons an apple tv probably would'nt want to do that. lack of interest = lack of capabitlity. but if someone does it the blogs will be all over it.