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Specific questions:
1. Do I need more than 2GB of RAM to run the video without jumping?
2. Can I buy an older, used Mini or should I just buy a new one?
3. What hardware do I need to successfully run this setup?
4. Should I buy an external HD or upgrade the internal one?
5. What software do I need to successfully run this setup?
Here's the hardware that I either have already or plan to get:
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3. HDMI cables and adapters
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Mar 7, 2010I have an airport extreme base station (wireless n draft). problem is, my room is all the way in the back and i get poor reception.
Can i just buy another standard $40 wireless G router and "extend" my wireless network? if so, how easy would this be to accomplish?
would it be as simple as hooking up the $40 router with my airport extreme using via ethernet cable so that it extends it?
update: I am looking at this router...would this accomplish my purpose?
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My first thought was the TimeCapsule, but the 2 TB model is pretty expensive, and I don't like the idea that if the router or hard-drive fails then I am out of both.
My idea now is to get an airport extreme and hook up an external hard-drive. My quesion is this: can I effectively use an external hard-drive as my main hard drive? It seems that all of these external hard-drives are marketed as "back-up." What external hard-drive should I look at?
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The problem is it doesn't have the ins and outs for a proper pro machine and no PCI-E of course...but im willing to live without a couple of PCI-E cards for this beautiful machine, especially as im planning on putting two Intel X25-M G2's in, in a software raid 0 config by removing the opitcal drive (as I have done on my macbook pro)
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