Engadget benchmarking AppleTV with OSX

[semthex]

Engadget recently benchmarked a AppleTV running OSX 10.4.9 with our kernel. The result are quite intresting and can still keep up with some Hackint0sh result I saw. Even the little box has only 256mb ram and 1 GHz it looks quite fine with 50 points.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/02/apple-tv-benchmarked-not-a-supercomputer-in-disguise/

[zulu.walker]

Interesting link, a $300 mid-range Mac Mini "replacement" without good 3D support would still be useful for simple tasks the average joe might engage in. I wouldn't be surprised if someone does, and even make it faster. 50points is pretty good for its hardware, even faster than some hacks.

Makes it even more interesting :)

Great work semthex, it's simply amazing what you can do.

[_terry_]

Now the most interesting question (for me) is: how much power does this nice little machine actually draw? With a Pentium M ULV and 2.5" HD, this could be a very appealing small home server, provided that it doesn't consume more than 15W when idle and less than say 40W under maximum load.

[zulu.walker]

...now that you mention how low its power draw is, this seems like a good alternative for a download box! If it has a 15W/40W power draw, running it only for a few months will certainly save me over $300 on electricity bills even if it's on 24/7 compared to my power-hog rig... And has more functionality than a Bittorrent-NAS enclosure...

More reason to mod one... oh the temptation of new hardware...

[Blackdragon]

I don't know how much power it uses when running OS X but an Apple TV out of the box will use around 20W while streaming from a wireless source and around 15W in standby.

[coobie]

http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Power_Usage
Seems that somebody out there already measured the power usage.:D
Not bad, max 20W:)