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	Apple TV

Yasir

3-29-2007 5:57 AM

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apple, mac, x86, linux, windows

Yasir says:

Seems very cheap to me, and like the author in the original post I also think if all this is true, it may well take over x86 appliance market.

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<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Microsoft Home Server </LI>
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