Because it sure as hell doesn’t do it automatically and I don’t have a clue of where to add the source (like imdb..)

1. Not HD (CPU not enough grunt).

2. Relatively noisy fan. (Minor issue, though can be switched to 10% through XBMC).

3. Must be chipped. (Not a huge deal)

4. Doesn’t support long file names, so storing Mp3s nested by genre/artist/album locally is unwise.

Sharing through Samba with the latest build of XBMC is dead easy. You don’t really need a larger hard drive, but it’s nice to lob some movies over so you can turn off your file server.

No need to download through some secret FTP any more. It’s here, and has been for ages:

http://t3ch.yi.se/

Problems with the Mac are:

1. It’s expensive (relative to the Xbox), and components are likely to be proprietary and not geared towards being user hacked.

2. It’s a Mac, so it might be pretty, but don’t expect cutting edge software.

3. It’s more of a beta than XBMC, so it’ll be half broken, and lagging the main build.

4. Firewire – are you kidding me – what’s wrong with Gigabit lan, USB2, or for that matter a dedicated file server? Get with the program.

5. See 1.