After my Kingston SSD drive failed on my Shuttle XS35GT, I decided to try using the Apple Mac mini hardware for my HomeSeer system. You can pick up the base model new (when they are on sale) for about $520. A Windows 7 Pro OEM license is about $130.
This system consumes about 12-20 watts running HomeSeer which is even less than my Shuttle XS35GT.
Here are a few highlights of the system:
I am running my Mac mini as a headless system with Windows 7 Pro 64bit. The overall performance is better than any other HomeSeer system I have owed to date. Web page, HSTouch and text to speech is very fast.
I highly recommend the Apple Mac mini hardware for anyone looking for a low noise, low power HomeSeer system.
Regards,
Ultrajones
This system consumes about 12-20 watts running HomeSeer which is even less than my Shuttle XS35GT.
Here are a few highlights of the system:
- Near silent operation.
- Low power consumption: 12W (idle mode) and 85W(full load)
- Fast Processor: 2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
- Supports up to 16 GB Ram
- The Windows 7 rating for the processor is 6.9!
- 4 USB ports for Homeseer systems needing serial or external modems.
- Audio line out/headphone minijack (digital/analog)
- Gigabit Ethernet port.
I am running my Mac mini as a headless system with Windows 7 Pro 64bit. The overall performance is better than any other HomeSeer system I have owed to date. Web page, HSTouch and text to speech is very fast.
I highly recommend the Apple Mac mini hardware for anyone looking for a low noise, low power HomeSeer system.
Regards,
Ultrajones
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